Emerging and Endemic Mycoses
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2020) | Viewed by 13544
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging and endemic mycoses; fungal taxonomy; diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal infections; antifungal susceptibility testing; molecular identification of pathogenic fungi
Interests: antifungal susuceptibility testing; diagnosis and treatment of invasive and superficial fungal infection; identification of pathogenic fungi; emerging and endemic fungal infection
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The landscape of fungal infections has evolved considerably over the last few decades. More aggressive approaches to managing haematological and other malignancies have created an extended population of patients at risk of acquiring invasive fungal infections caused by an ever increasing number of fungal pathogens. Other changes in human behaviour (e.g., the use of contact lenses) have coincided with increased numbers of cases of fungal keratitis in developed countries. Decades of antifungal drug use have driven the emergence of resistant fungi and also a shift in the spectrum of fungal pathogens encountered in high-risk patients. Genuinely novel fungal pathogens have also recently emerged locally as agents of widespread human and animal disease, and have seeded multiple continents as a result of increased population movements. In addition, sophisticated molecular identification approaches have resulted in the description of novel genera and species of endemic fungal pathogens, including new dimorphic fungi and several causative agents of neglected tropical diseases. This Special Issue of the Journal of Fungi will present state-of-the-art reviews and original research articles by leading authors on the topic of “Emerging and Endemic Mycoses”.
Prof. Dr. Andrew M. Borman
Prof. Dr. Elizabeth M. Johnson
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Emerging mycoses
- endemic mycoses
- candida auris
- fusarium
- dimorphic fungal pathogens
- antifungal susceptibility
- diagnosis
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