Immune responses to human fungal pathogens and therapeutic prospects

MS Lionakis, RA Drummond, TM Hohl - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogenic fungi have emerged as significant causes of infectious morbidity and death in
patients with acquired immunodeficiency conditions such as HIV/AIDS and following receipt …

Cryptococcal disease in diverse hosts

DB Meya, PR Williamson - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Cryptococcal Disease in Diverse Hosts Worldwide, cryptococcal meningitis kills
up to 180,000 persons annually and is the most common cause of nonviral meningitis in the …

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of cryptococcosis: an initiative of the ECMM and ISHAM in cooperation with the ASM

CC Chang, TS Harrison, TA Bicanic… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Cryptococcosis is a major worldwide disseminated invasive fungal infection. Cryptococcosis,
particularly in its most lethal manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis, accounts for …

[HTML][HTML] Infection in organ transplantation

JA Fishman - American Journal of Transplantation, 2017 - Elsevier
The prevention, diagnosis, and management of infectious disease in transplantation are
major contributors to improved outcomes in organ transplantation. The risk of serious …

Cryptococcosis

EK Maziarz, JR Perfect - Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections, 2023 - Springer
Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease caused by the encapsulated fungi Cryptococcus
neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcal infection can develop in apparently …

Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy

PR Williamson, JN Jarvis, AA Panackal… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is by far the most common cause of adult meningitis
in many areas of the world that have high HIV seroprevalence. In most areas in Sub …

Call for action: invasive fungal infections associated with ibrutinib and other small molecule kinase inhibitors targeting immune signaling pathways

G Chamilos, MS Lionakis… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Opportunistic infections caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii, Cryptococcus neoformans, and
ubiquitous airborne filamentous fungi have been recently reported in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in the Central Nervous System: The Battle between Host and Pathogen

Y Chen, ZW Shi, AB Strickland, M Shi - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is a pathogenic fungus with a global distribution.
Humans become infected by inhaling the fungus from the environment, and the fungus …

Infectious immunity in the central nervous system and brain function

RS Klein, C Garber, N Howard - Nature immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Inflammation is emerging as a critical mechanism underlying neurological disorders of
various etiologies, yet its role in altering brain function as a consequence of neuroinfectious …

Mechanisms of fungal dissemination

AB Strickland, M Shi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Fungal infections are an increasing threat to global public health. There are more than six
million fungal species worldwide, but less than 1% are known to infect humans. Most of …