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Changing epidemiology of an emerging infection: zygomycosis

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 15; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02973.x

ISSN

1469-0691

Autores

Jacques F. Meis, Arunaloke Chakrabarti,

Tópico(s)

Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Resumo

Aspergillosis and candidosis remain the most prevalent opportunistic fungal infections in immunocompromised patients, but diseases caused by the Zygomycetes have become of increasing importance. Exposure to antimycotic drugs with no activity against zygomycetes may be a new risk factor and an explanation for the increasing incidence of zygomycosis. The latter infection occurs only rarely in immunocompetent hosts, but in recent years Apophysomyces elegans has been described in many subtropical countries as an emerging pathogen causing mostly cutaneous infections after traumatic inoculation.

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