Mucormycosis is a difficult to diagnose rare disease with high morbidity and mortality.
Diagnosis is often delayed, and disease tends to progress rapidly. Urgent surgical and medical …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes direct damage to the airway
epithelium, enabling aspergillus invasion. Reports of COVID-19-associated pulmonary …

Trichosporon spp. are basidiomycetous yeast-like fungi found widely in nature. Clinical isolates
are generally related to superficial infections. However, this fungus has been recognized …

Background Caspofungin is an echinocandin agent with fungicidal activity against candida
species. We performed a double-blind trial to compare caspofungin with amphotericin B …

Background. Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes invasive infections, was
first described in 2009 in Japan and has since been reported from several countries. …

Candidemia studies have documented geographic differences in rates and epidemiology,
underscoring the need for surveillance to monitor trends. We conducted prospective …

Background The epidemiology of candidemia varies depending on the geographic region.
Little is known about the epidemiology of candidemia in Latin America. Methods We …

Objectives Characterization of a hospital outbreak of Candida auris candidemia that involved
18 critically ill patients in Venezuela. Method Bloodstream isolates of C. auris obtained …

… Declaration of interest: Dr Colombo has received educational and research grants from
United Medical, Merck, and Pfizer, and is a consultant for Merck and Pfizer. Dr Tobón has served …

Micose sistêmica endêmica de grande interesse para os países da América Latina, a
paracoccidioidomicose (PCM) é causada pelo fungo termo-dimórfico Paracoccidioides brasiliensis…