Drug-resistant fungi: an emerging challenge threatening our limited antifungal armamentarium

A Arastehfar, T Gabaldón, R Garcia-Rubio, JD Jenks… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high clinical mortality and economic burden posed by invasive fungal infections (IFIs),
along with significant agricultural crop loss caused by various fungal species, has resulted in …

Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata): A systematic review of clinical and microbiological data from 2011 to 2021 to inform the World Health Organization …

J Beardsley, HY Kim, A Dao, S Kidd… - Medical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recognising the growing global burden of fungal infections, the World Health Organization
(WHO) established an advisory group consisting of experts in fungal diseases to develop a …

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 …

Antifungal susceptibility, genoty**, resistance mechanism, and clinical profile of Candida tropicalis blood isolates

A Arastehfar, F Daneshnia, A Hafez… - Medical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Candida tropicalis is one of the major candidaemia agents, associated with the highest
mortality rates among Candida species, and develo** resistance to azoles. Little is known …

Candida tropicalis is the most prevalent yeast species causing candidemia in Algeria: the urgent need for antifungal stewardship and infection control measures

Y Megri, A Arastehfar, T Boekhout, F Daneshnia… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Background Despite being associated with a high mortality and economic burden, data
regarding candidemia are scant in Algeria. The aim of this study was to unveil the …

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 …

Screening the antifungal activities of monoterpenes and their isomers against Candida species

A Iraji, S Yazdanpanah, F Alizadeh… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aim Increasing the occurrence of non‐albicans Candida species with intrinsic or acquired
resistance to antifungals as well as the emergence of multidrug Candida species coupled …