The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology

NAR Gow, C Johnson, J Berman, AT Coste… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Prior to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, antibiotic resistance was listed as the major global
health care priority. Some analyses, including the O'Neill report, have predicted that deaths …

Candida auris Genetics and Emergence

A Chowdhary, K Jain, N Chauhan - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen that presents a serious threat to
global human health. Since the first reported case in 2009 in Japan, C. auris infections have …

Structural and mechanistic insights into fungal β-1, 3-glucan synthase FKS1

X Hu, P Yang, C Chai, J Liu, H Sun, Y Wu, M Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The membrane-integrated synthase FKS is involved in the biosynthesis of β-1, 3-glucan, the
core component of the fungal cell wall,. FKS is the target of widely prescribed antifungal …

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis in 2019

JP Latgé, G Chamilos - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus; its primary habitat is the soil. In its ecological
niche, the fungus has learned how to adapt and proliferate in hostile environments. This …

Antifungal Drug Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms in Candida albicans and Beyond

Y Lee, E Puumala, N Robbins, LE Cowen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fungal infections are a major contributor to infectious disease-related deaths across the
globe. Candida species are among the most common causes of invasive mycotic disease …

Global biogeography and projection of soil antibiotic resistance genes

D Zheng, G Yin, M Liu, L Hou, Y Yang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Although edaphic antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) pose serious threats to human well-
being, their spatially explicit patterns and responses to environmental constraints at the …

Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi

J Berman, DJ Krysan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Systemic fungal infections pose a serious clinical problem. Treatment options are limited,
and antifungal drug resistance is increasing. In addition, a substantial proportion of patients …

Medicinal chemistry and biomedical applications of bismuth-based compounds and nanoparticles

DM Griffith, H Li, MV Werrett, PC Andrews… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bismuth as a relatively non-toxic and inexpensive metal with exceptional properties has
numerous biomedical applications. Bismuth-based compounds are used extensively as …

Antimicrobial resistance

L Morrison, TR Zembower - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy …, 2020 - giendo.theclinics.com
Given recent media attention, it would be easy to assume that antimicrobial resistance is a
new problem; however, antimicrobial resistance has existed well before antimicrobials were …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy–what we know and what we don't

F Cieplik, D Deng, W Crielaard… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Considering increasing number of pathogens resistant towards commonly used antibiotics
as well as antiseptics, there is a pressing need for antimicrobial approaches that are …