Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kainz, Katharina, Bauer, Maria A., Madeo, Frank, Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shared Science Publishers OG 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32548176
http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2020.06.718
_version_ 1783543351386046464
author Kainz, Katharina
Bauer, Maria A.
Madeo, Frank
Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac
author_facet Kainz, Katharina
Bauer, Maria A.
Madeo, Frank
Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac
author_sort Kainz, Katharina
collection PubMed
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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7278517
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Shared Science Publishers OG
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-72785172020-06-15 Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis Kainz, Katharina Bauer, Maria A. Madeo, Frank Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac Microb Cell Editorial 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. Shared Science Publishers OG 2020-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7278517/ /pubmed/32548176 http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2020.06.718 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Kainz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.
spellingShingle Editorial
Kainz, Katharina
Bauer, Maria A.
Madeo, Frank
Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac
Fungal infections in humans: the silent crisis
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 Editorial
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7278517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32548176
http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2020.06.718
work_keys_str_mv AT kainzkatharina fungalinfectionsinhumansthesilentcrisis
AT bauermariaa fungalinfectionsinhumansthesilentcrisis
AT madeofrank fungalinfectionsinhumansthesilentcrisis
AT carmonagutierrezdidac fungalinfectionsinhumansthesilentcrisis