[HTML][HTML] Advances in chemical and biological methods to identify microorganisms—from past to present

R Franco-Duarte, L Černáková, S Kadam, K S. Kaushik… - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fast detection and identification of microorganisms is a challenging and significant feature
from industry to medicine. Standard approaches are known to be very time-consuming and …

The Emerging Pathogen Candida metapsilosis: Biological Aspects, Virulence Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment

M Gómez-Gaviria, LC García-Carnero… - Infection and Drug …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fungal infections represent a constant and growing menace to public health. This concern is
due to the emergence of new fungal species and the increase in antifungal drug resistance …

Candidemia among Iranian patients with severe COVID-19 admitted to ICUs

A Arastehfar, T Shaban, H Zarrinfar, M Roudbary… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a novel risk factor, COVID-19 has led to an increase in the incidence of candidemia and
an elevated mortality rate. Despite being of clinical importance, there is a lack of data …

First report of candidemia clonal outbreak caused by emerging fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis isolates harboring Y132F and/or Y132F+ K143R in Turkey

A Arastehfar, F Daneshnia… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2020 - journals.asm.org
Clonal outbreaks of fluconazole-resistant (FLZR) Candida parapsilosis isolates have been
reported in several countries. Despite its being the second leading cause of candidemia, the …

Clonal Candidemia Outbreak by Candida parapsilosis Carrying Y132F in Turkey: Evolution of a Persisting Challenge

A Arastehfar, S Hilmioğlu-Polat, F Daneshnia… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As the second leading etiological agent of candidemia in Turkey and the cause of severe
fluconazole-non-susceptible (FNS) clonal outbreaks, Candida parapsilosis emerged as a …

COVID-19 associated candidemia: From a shift in fungal epidemiology to a rise in azole drug resistance

MJ Najafzadeh, T Shaban, H Zarrinfar… - Medical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Our understanding of fungal epidemiology and the burden of antifungal drug resistance in
COVID-19-associated candidemia (CAC) patients is limited. Therefore, we conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of mycoses in develo** countries

A Arastehfar, BL Wickes, M Ilkit, DH Pincus… - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Extensive advances in technology offer a vast variety of diagnostic methods that save time
and costs, but identification of fungal species causing human infections remains challenging …

A high rate of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis and therapeutic failure of azole derivatives among Iranian women

A Arastehfar, ML Kargar, SR Mohammadi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is one of the most prevalent fungal infections in
humans, especially in develo** countries; however, it is underestimated and regarded as …