An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences
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 been linked to several risk factors in humans which basically depend on the individual homeostasis of the patients. However...
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| author | Jaime David Acosta-España Jaime David Acosta-España Jaime David Acosta-España Kerstin Voigt Kerstin Voigt |
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| description | 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 been linked to several risk factors in humans which basically depend on the individual homeostasis of the patients. However, many fungi can infect even apparently healthy people. Knowledge of these pathogens is critical in reducing or stopping morbidity and/or mortality statistics due to fungal pathogens. Successful therapeutic strategies rely on rapid diagnosis of the causative fungal agent and the underlying disease. However, the terminology of the diseases was updated to existing phylogenetic classifications and led to confusion in the definition of mucormycosis, conidiobolomycosis, and basidiobolomycosis, which were previously grouped under the now-uncommon term zygomycosis. Therefore, the ecological, taxonomic, clinical, and diagnostic differences are addressed to optimize the understanding and definition of these diseases. The term “coenocytic hyphomycosis” is proposed to summarize all fungal infections caused by Mucorales and species of Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d9aba736f0b456dbada489d069b5f322022-12-22T04:34:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2022-11-011310.3389/fmicb.2022.10351001035100An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differencesJaime David Acosta-España0Jaime David Acosta-España1Jaime David Acosta-España2Kerstin Voigt3Kerstin Voigt4Jena Microbial Resource Collection, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, GermanyInstitute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyPostgraduate Program in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, EcuadorJena Microbial Resource Collection, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, GermanyInstitute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyFungal 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 been linked to several risk factors in humans which basically depend on the individual homeostasis of the patients. However, many fungi can infect even apparently healthy people. Knowledge of these pathogens is critical in reducing or stopping morbidity and/or mortality statistics due to fungal pathogens. Successful therapeutic strategies rely on rapid diagnosis of the causative fungal agent and the underlying disease. However, the terminology of the diseases was updated to existing phylogenetic classifications and led to confusion in the definition of mucormycosis, conidiobolomycosis, and basidiobolomycosis, which were previously grouped under the now-uncommon term zygomycosis. Therefore, the ecological, taxonomic, clinical, and diagnostic differences are addressed to optimize the understanding and definition of these diseases. The term “coenocytic hyphomycosis” is proposed to summarize all fungal infections caused by Mucorales and species of Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035100/fullbasidiobolomycosisconidiobolomycosiszygomycosisphycomycosismucoralomycosisentomophthoramycosis |
| spellingShingle | Jaime David Acosta-España Jaime David Acosta-España Jaime David Acosta-España Kerstin Voigt Kerstin Voigt An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences Frontiers in Microbiology basidiobolomycosis conidiobolomycosis zygomycosis phycomycosis mucoralomycosis entomophthoramycosis |
| title | An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences |
| title_full | An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences |
| title_fullStr | An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences |
| title_full_unstemmed | An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences |
| title_short | An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences |
| title_sort | old confusion entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences |
| topic | basidiobolomycosis conidiobolomycosis zygomycosis phycomycosis mucoralomycosis entomophthoramycosis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1035100/full |
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