Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic pathogen that causes 90% of invasive aspergillosis
(IA) due to Aspergillus genus, with a 50–95% mortality rate. It has been postulated that …

Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental filamentous fungus that also acts as an
opportunistic pathogen able to cause a variety of symptoms, from an allergic response to a …

ABSTRACT A rapid emergence of azole resistance has been observed in Aspergillus
fumigatus in The Netherlands over the past decade. The dominant resistance mechanism …

Previous work has shown that environmental and clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus
represent a diverse population that occupies a variety of niches, has extensive genetic …

Inhalation of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia can cause severe aspergillosis in
immunosuppressed people. A. fumigatus produces a large number of secondary …

Diversity of species within Aspergillus niger clade, currently represented by A. niger sensu
stricto and A. welwitshiae, was investigated combining three-locus gene sequences …

Genotyping studies of medically important fungi have addressed elucidation of outbreaks,
nosocomial transmissions, infection routes, and genotype-phenotype correlations, of which …

Alternaria spp. from sect. Alternaria are frequently associated with hypersensitivity
pneumonitis, asthma and allergic fungal rhinitis and sinusitis. Since Alternaria is …

We recently reported an outbreak of invasive aspergillosis in the major heart surgery unit of
Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain (T. Peláez, P. Muñoz, J. Guinea, M. Valerio, M …

The ubiquitous fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus is a mediator of allergic sensitization
and invasive disease in susceptible individuals. The significant genetic and phenotypic …