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What's New in Fungal Infections?
Journal article   Peer reviewed

What's New in Fungal Infections?

Meredith G Parsons and Daniel J Diekema
Modern pathology, Vol.38(6), 100187
06/2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100187
PMID: 37059227

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Abstract

Invasive fungal infections are an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality. We provide a summary of important changes in the epidemiology of invasive fungal infections, citing examples of new emerging pathogens, expanding at-risk populations, and increasing antifungal resistance. We review how human activity and climate change may be playing a role in some of these changes. Finally, we discuss how these changes create the need for advances in fungal diagnostics. The limitations of existing fungal diagnostic testing emphasizes the critically important role of histopathology in early recognition of fungal disease.

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