Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis
Annually, over 150 million severe cases of fungal infections occur worldwide, resulting in approximately 1.7 million deaths per year. Alarmingly, these numbers are continuously on the rise with a number of social and medical developments during the past decades that have abetted the spread of fungal...
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| author | Katharina Kainz Maria A. Bauer Frank Madeo Didac Carmona-Gutierrez |
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| description | Annually, over 150 million severe cases of fungal infections occur worldwide, resulting in approximately 1.7 million deaths per year. Alarmingly, these numbers are continuously on the rise with a number of social and medical developments during the past decades that have abetted the spread of fungal infections. Additionally, the long-term therapeutic application and prophylactic use of antifungal drugs in high-risk patients have promoted the emergence of (multi)drug-resistant fungi, including the extremely virulent strain Candida auris. Hence, fungal infections are already a global threat that is becoming increasingly severe. In this article, we underline the importance of more and effective research to counteract fungal infections and their consequences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2335978da9114cf9a655fdcf7592dde22022-12-22T01:55:02ZengShared Science Publishers OGMicrobial Cell2311-26382020-06-017614314510.15698/mic2020.06.718Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisisKatharina Kainz0Maria A. Bauer1Frank Madeo2Didac Carmona-Gutierrez3Institute for Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.Institute for Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.Institute for Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.Institute for Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.Annually, over 150 million severe cases of fungal infections occur worldwide, resulting in approximately 1.7 million deaths per year. Alarmingly, these numbers are continuously on the rise with a number of social and medical developments during the past decades that have abetted the spread of fungal infections. Additionally, the long-term therapeutic application and prophylactic use of antifungal drugs in high-risk patients have promoted the emergence of (multi)drug-resistant fungi, including the extremely virulent strain Candida auris. Hence, fungal infections are already a global threat that is becoming increasingly severe. In this article, we underline the importance of more and effective research to counteract fungal infections and their consequences.http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/2020a-kainz-microbial-cell/candidaresistanceantifungalsyeastantimycoticsdrugazoles |
| spellingShingle | Katharina Kainz Maria A. Bauer Frank Madeo Didac Carmona-Gutierrez Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis Microbial Cell candida resistance antifungals yeast antimycotics drug azoles |
| title | Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis |
| title_full | Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis |
| title_fullStr | Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis |
| title_short | Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis |
| title_sort | fungal infections in humans the silent crisis |
| topic | candida resistance antifungals yeast antimycotics drug azoles |
| url | http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/2020a-kainz-microbial-cell/ |
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