COVID-19-associated fungal infections

M Hoenigl, D Seidel, R Sprute, C Cunha… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated invasive fungal infections are an
important complication in a substantial number of critically ill, hospitalized patients with …

Mucormycosis: An opportunistic pathogen during COVID-19

I Mahalaxmi, K Jayaramayya, D Venkatesan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still remains on an upsurge trend.
The second wave of this disease has led to panic in many countries, including India and …

What are fungal species and how to delineate them?

KWT Chethana, IS Manawasinghe, VG Hurdeal… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
This is the opening paper in the special issue of Fungal Diversity, which collates the data on
defining species. Defining and recognizing species has long been a controversial issue …

Multifunctional hyphae carbon powering lithium–sulfur batteries

L Huang, S Shen, Y Zhong, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biotechnology can bring new breakthroughs on design and fabrication of energy materials
and devices. In this work, a novel and facile biological self‐assembly technology to fabricate …

Species diversity, updated classification and divergence times of the phylum Mucoromycota

H Zhao, Y Nie, TK Zong, K Wang, ML Lv, YJ Cui… - Fungal Diversity, 2023 - Springer
Zygomycetes are phylogenetically early diverging, ecologically diverse, industrially
valuable, agriculturally beneficial, and clinically pathogenic fungi. Although new phyla and …

Diagnosis of severe respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients

E Azoulay, L Russell, A Van de Louw, V Metaxa… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
An increasing number of critically ill patients are immunocompromised. Acute hypoxemic
respiratory failure (ARF), chiefly due to pulmonary infection, is the leading reason for ICU …

Updates on the taxonomy of Mucorales with an emphasis on clinically important taxa

G Walther, L Wagner, O Kurzai - Journal of fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fungi of the order Mucorales colonize all kinds of wet, organic materials and represent a
permanent part of the human environment. They are economically important as fermenting …

Molecular mechanisms of mucormycosis—The bitter and the sweet

C Baldin, AS Ibrahim - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
During the past 2 decades, mucormycosis has become the third most common invasive
fungal infection in patients with hematological malignancies and organ transplantations [1] …

Dental and oral manifestations of COVID-19 related mucormycosis: diagnoses, management strategies and outcomes

OS Janjua, MS Shaikh, MA Fareed, SM Qureshi… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
It has been nearly two years since the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) has affected the world. Several innovations and discoveries related to COVID …

Pathogenicity patterns of mucormycosis: epidemiology, interaction with immune cells and virulence factors

MIA Hassan, K Voigt - Medical Mycology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Fungi of the basal lineage order Mucorales are able to cause infections in animals and
humans. Mucormycosis is a well-known, life-threatening disease especially in patients with …