The emergence of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a review of cases from 18 countries

M Hoenigl, D Seidel, A Carvalho… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Reports of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis have been increasing in frequency since
early 2021, particularly among patients with uncontrolled diabetes. Patients with diabetes …

Epidemiology and diagnosis of mucormycosis: an update

A Skiada, I Pavleas, M Drogari-Apiranthitou - Journal of fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive fungal infection, due to fungi of the order Mucorales. Its
incidence cannot be measured exactly, since there are few population-based studies, but …

Epidemiology and pathophysiology of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: India versus the rest of the world

V Muthu, SM Rudramurthy, A Chakrabarti, R Agarwal - Mycopathologia, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a concerning
resurgence of mucormycosis. More than 47,000 cases of mucormycosis were reported in …

Host-Pathogen Molecular Factors Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Rhizopus spp. in Diabetes Mellitus

B Morales-Franco, M Nava-Villalba… - … tropical medicine reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Infectious diseases represent up to 12% of all deaths in people
with diabetes mellitus (DM). The development and progression of DM generate a chronic …

Mucormycosis in 2023: An update on pathogenesis and management

A Alqarihi, DP Kontoyiannis, AS Ibrahim - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mucormycosis (MCR) is an emerging and frequently lethal fungal infection caused by the
Mucorales family, with Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia, accounting for> 90% of all cases …

[HTML][HTML] Surge of mucormycosis during the COVID-19 pandemic

P Dam, MH Cardoso, S Mandal, OL Franco… - Travel medicine and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Patients with respiratory viral infections are more likely to develop co-infections leading to
increased fatality. Mucormycosis is an epidemic amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that …

The evolutionary significance of RNAi in the fungal kingdom

C Lax, G Tahiri, JA Patiño-Medina… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
RNA interference (RNAi) was discovered at the end of last millennium, changing the way
scientists understood regulation of gene expression. Within the following two decades, a …

Mucorales and Mucormycosis: Recent Insights and Future Prospects

G Tahiri, C Lax, JT Cánovas-Márquez, P Carrillo-Marín… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
The classification of Mucorales encompasses a collection of basal fungi that have
traditionally demonstrated an aversion to modern genetic manipulation techniques. This …

DectiSomes: C-type lectin receptor-targeted liposomes as pan-antifungal drugs

RB Meagher, ZA Lewis, S Ambati, X Lin - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Combatting the ever-increasing threat from invasive fungal pathogens faces numerous
fundamental challenges, including constant human exposure to large reservoirs of species …

Stable and reproducible homologous recombination enables CRISPR-based engineering in the fungus Rhizopus microsporus

C Lax, MI Navarro-Mendoza, C Pérez-Arques… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Mucormycosis is a lethal and emerging disease that has lacked a genetic model fulfilling
both high virulence and the possibility of performing stable and reproducible gene …