Invasive fungal infections pose an important threat to public health and are an under-
recognized component of antimicrobial resistance, an emerging crisis worldwide. Across a …

Pathogenic fungi have emerged as significant causes of infectious morbidity and death in
patients with acquired immunodeficiency conditions such as HIV/AIDS and following receipt …

Fungi often infect mammalian hosts via the respiratory route, but traumatic transcutaneous
implantation is also an important source of infections. Environmental exposure to spores of …

Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), also known as chromomycosis, is one of the most prevalent
implantation fungal infections, being the most common of the gamut of mycoses caused by …

Human fungal infections are a historically neglected area of disease research, yet they
cause more than 1.5 million deaths every year. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of …

Background Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), represents one of the primary implantation
mycoses caused by melanized fungi widely found in nature. It is characterized as a …

Over the last decade, invasive fungal infections have emerged as a growing threat to human
health worldwide and novel treatment strategies are urgently needed. In this context …

In the last few decades, the AIDS pandemic and the significant advances in the medical
management of individuals with neoplastic and inflammatory conditions have resulted in a …

Receptors of the innate immune system are the first line of defence against infection, being
able to recognise and initiate an inflammatory response to invading microorganisms. The …

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, granulomatous, suppurative mycosis of the skin and
subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic inoculation of dematiaceous fungi of the family …