Fungi that infect humans

JR Köhler, B Hube, R Puccia, A Casadevall… - Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Human pathogenic entomophthorales

R Vilela, L Mendoza - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The pathogenic entomophthoralean fungi cause infection in insects and mammalian hosts.
Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus species can be found in soil and insect, reptile, and …

[HTML][HTML] Entomophthoramycosis: a neglected tropical mycosis

N Shaikh, KA Hussain, R Petraitiene… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2016 - Elsevier
The term 'entomophthoramycosis' classically refers to infections caused by members of the
order Entomophthorales. A new subphylum, Entomophthoramycota, has been created to …

An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences

JD Acosta-España, K Voigt - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fungal diseases were underestimated for many years. And the global burden of fungal
infections is substantial and has increased in recent years. Invasive fungal infections have …

An unusual case of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking colon cancer; literature and review

R Mohammadi, MA Chaharsoghi, F Khorvash… - Journal de Mycologie …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB), a rare fungal infection associated with high
mortality, has been reported worldwide mainly from tropical and subtropical regions of Asia …

Phylogenetic revision and patterns of host specificity in the fungal Subphylum Entomophthoromycotina

L Möckel, K Meusemann, B Misof, VU Schwartze… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Entomophthoromycotina, a subphylum close to the root of terrestrial fungi with a bias
toward insects as their primary hosts, has been notoriously difficult to categorize …

Basidiobolus omanensis sp. nov. Causing Angioinvasive Abdominal Basidiobolomycosis

AMS Al-Hatmi, A Balkhair, I Al-Busaidi… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human infectious fungal diseases are increasing, despite improved hygienic conditions. We
present a case of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) in a 20-year-old male with a …

A rhinofacial Conidiobolus coronatus fungal infection presenting as an intranasal tumour

L Deak, S Mudalagiriyappa, A Ballin… - Sultan Qaboos …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Conidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection that affects adults in tropical regions. We report
a 42-year-old male patient who was referred to the Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Dubai …

First report of characterization and pathogenicity of Basidiobolus sp. Ind SN1 recovered from gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis as an outbreak in a coldwater fish species …

N Shahi, M Singh, SK Mallik, B Singh, K Kala… - Aquaculture …, 2024 - Springer
This study represents the molecular characterization of Basidiobolus sp., isolated from
gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss in India …

Differentiation of Basidiobolus spp. Isolates: RFLP of a Diagnostic PCR Amplicon Matches Sequence-Based Classification and Growth Temperature Preferences

M Claussen, S Schmidt - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genus Basidiobolus, known since 1886, is primarily associated with reptiles and
amphibians. Although globally distributed, rare infections caused by members of this genus …