Diagnosis and treatment of invasive candidiasis

N Barantsevich, E Barantsevich - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Candida species, belonging to commensal microbial communities in humans, cause
opportunistic infections in individuals with impaired immunity. Pathogens encountered in …

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on antimicrobial resistance: a literature review

FV Segala, DF Bavaro, F Di Gennaro, F Salvati… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent threat to public health and global development; in this
scenario, the SARS-CoV2 pandemic has caused a major disruption of healthcare systems …

YEASTRACT+: a portal for the exploitation of global transcription regulation and metabolic model data in yeast biotechnology and pathogenesis

MC Teixeira, R Viana, M Palma, J Oliveira… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract YEASTRACT+ (http://yeastract-plus. org/) is a tool for the analysis, prediction and
modelling of transcription regulatory data at the gene and genomic levels in yeasts. It …

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in an era of antibiotic resistance: common resistant bacteria and wider considerations for practice

BD Menz, E Charani, DL Gordon… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a global crisis to
healthcare, with longstanding antimicrobial agents becoming less effective at treating and …

Global prevalence and subgroup analyses of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) associated Candida auris infections (CACa): A systematic review and meta‐analysis

N Vaseghi, J Sharifisooraki, H Khodadadi, S Nami… - Mycoses, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Increased hospitalisation rates in the Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) era
lead to a new wave of hospital‐acquired infections such as emerging multidrug‐resistant …

Secreted fungal virulence effector triggers allergic inflammation via TLR4

EV Dang, S Lei, A Radkov, RF Volk, BW Zaro… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Invasive fungal pathogens are major causes of human mortality and morbidity,. Although
numerous secreted effector proteins that reprogram innate immunity to promote virulence …

Candida auris as an Emergent Public Health Problem: A Current Update on European Outbreaks and Cases

N Geremia, P Brugnaro, M Solinas, C Scarparo… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Candida auris is considered to be an emerging fungal pathogen and is related to high
mortality rates, persistent candidemia, inconsistencies in susceptibility testing results and …

COVID-19-associated candidiasis: possible patho-mechanism, predisposing factors, and prevention strategies

N Ahmed, MS Mahmood, MA Ullah, Y Araf… - Current …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is threatening public health. A large number of …

Sources of antifungal drugs

G Vanreppelen, J Wuyts, P Van Dijck, P Vandecruys - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to their eukaryotic heritage, the differences between a fungal pathogen's molecular
makeup and its human host are small. Therefore, the discovery and subsequent …

Risk factors for fungal co-infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients, with a focus on immunosuppressants

OT Ezeokoli, O Gcilitshana, CH Pohl - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) managed in the intensive care unit
are prone to complications, including secondary infections with opportunistic fungal …