[HTML][HTML] Outbreaks of fungal infections in hospitals: epidemiology, detection, and management

AP Douglas, AG Stewart, CL Halliday, SCA Chen - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nosocomial clusters of fungal infections, whilst uncommon, cannot be predicted and are
associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Here, we review reports of nosocomial …

Detection and characterisation of a sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore: a genomic and phenotypic study

C Suphavilai, KKK Ko, KM Lim, MG Tan… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background The emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris poses a serious threat to global
public health due to its worldwide distribution, multidrug resistance, high transmissibility …

Invasive Candida infection: epidemiology, clinical and therapeutic aspects of an evolving disease and the role of rezafungin

A Oliva, FG De Rosa, M Mikulska, F Pea… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Invasive Candida Infections (ICIs) have undergone a series of
significant epidemiological, pathophysiological, and clinical changes during the last …

Evaluation of the Vitek 2 system for antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida auris using a representative international panel of clinical isolates: overestimation of …

M Siopi, I Pachoulis, S Leventaki… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Although the Vitek 2 system is broadly used for antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida
spp., its performance against Candida auris has been assessed using limited number of …

Discovery of the sixth Candida auris clade in Singapore

C Suphavilai, KKK Ko, KM Lim, MG Tan, P Boonsimma… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background The emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris poses a serious threat to global
public health due to its worldwide distribution, multidrug-resistance, high transmissibility …

Candida auris Blood stream infection- a descriptive study from Qatar

J Koleri, HM Petkar, HA Rahman S. Al Soub… - BMC infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background Candida auris is an emerging yeast pathogen that can cause invasive
infections, particularly candidemia, in healthcare settings. Candida auris is characterized by …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges in the management of invasive fungal infections in the Middle East: expert opinion to optimize management using a multidisciplinary approach

RS AlMaghrabi, T Al-Musawi, O Albaksami, AL Subhi… - Cureus, 2023 - cureus.com
Invasive fungal infection (IFI) is a significant global healthcare concern among critically ill
and immunocompromised patients. In Middle Eastern countries, IFI has been steadily …

Emergence of highly resistant Candida auris in the United Arab Emirates: a retrospective analysis of evolving national trends

J Thomsen, NM Abdulrazzaq, A Oulhaj… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control lists Candida auris, given its
global emergence, multidrug resistance, high mortality, and persistent transmissions in …

Alternative ergosterol biosynthetic pathways confer antifungal drug resistance in the human pathogens within the Mucor species complex

MI Navarro-Mendoza, C Pérez-Arques, J Parker, Z Xu… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Mucormycoses are emerging fungal infections caused by a variety of heterogeneous
species within the Mucorales order. Among the Mucor species complex, Mucor circinelloides …

Genetic microevolution of clinical Candida auris with reduced Amphotericin B sensitivity in China

S Tian, C Rong, H Li, Y Wu, N Wu, Y Chu… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The global rate of Amphotericin B (AmB) resistance in Candida auris has surpassed 12%.
However, there is limited data on available clinical treatments and microevolutionary …