Journal article
Epidemiology of invasive mycoses in North America
Critical reviews in microbiology, Vol.36(1), pp.1-53
2010
DOI: 10.3109/10408410903241444
PMID: 20088682
Abstract
The incidence of invasive mycoses is increasing, especially among patients who are immunocompromised or hospitalized with serious underlying diseases. Such infections may be broken into two broad categories: opportunistic and endemic. The most important agents of the opportunistic mycoses are Candida spp., Cryptococcus neoformans, Pneumocystis jirovecii, and Aspergillus spp. (although the list of potential pathogens is ever expanding); while the most commonly encountered endemic mycoses are due to Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis/posadasii, and Blastomyces dermatitidis. This review discusses the epidemiologic profiles of these invasive mycoses in North America, as well as risk factors for infection, and the pathogens' antifungal susceptibility.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Epidemiology of invasive mycoses in North America
- Creators
- Michael A Pfaller - Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. michael-pfaller@uiowa.eduDaniel J Diekema
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Critical reviews in microbiology, Vol.36(1), pp.1-53
- Publisher
- England
- DOI
- 10.3109/10408410903241444
- PMID
- 20088682
- ISSN
- 1549-7828
- eISSN
- 1549-7828
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983986371802771
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