Fungal infections include a wide range of opportunistic and invasive diseases. Two of four
major fatal diseases in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are …

The dramatic increase in fungal diseases in recent years can be attributed to the increased
aggressiveness of medical therapy and other human activities. Immunosuppressed patients …

Subunit vaccine discovery is an accepted clinical priority. The empirical approach is time-
and labor-consuming and can often end in failure. Rational information-driven approaches …

Coccidioidomycosis is caused by the dimorphic fungi in the genus Coccidioides. These
fungi live as mycelia in the soil of desert areas of the American Southwest, and when the …

Heat-shock proteins (hsps) have been identified as molecular chaperones conserved
between microbes and man and grouped by their molecular mass and high degree of amino …

After viruses and bacteria, fungal infections remain a serious threat to the survival and well-
being of society. The continuous emergence of resistance against commonly used anti …

Ureases (EC 3.5. 1.5) are nickel-dependent metalloenzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of
urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide. Produced by plants, fungi and bacteria, but not by …

Coccidioidomycosis is a human fungal disease cause by inhalation of aerosol spores
produced by Coccidioides posadasii or Coccidioides immitis. This disease is a common …

Coccidioides posadasii is a fungal respiratory pathogen of humans that can cause disease
in immunocompetent individuals. Coccidioidomycosis ranges from a mild to a severe …

Coccidioidomycosis (also known as San Joaquin Valley fever) is an occupational disease.
Workers exposed to outdoor dust which contains spores of the soil-inhabiting fungus have a …