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Future Directions in Mucormycosis Research

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Mucormycosis has emerged as an important opportunistic infection, especially in severely immunosuppressed hosts. The evolving epidemiology, immunopathogenesis, molecular virulence studies, early diagnosis, and pitfalls in designing clinical studies of mucormycosis are discussed in this article.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir886

Authors: Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Russell E. Lewis, Oliver Lotholary, Brad Spellberg, Georgios Petrikkos, Emmanuel Roillides, Ashraf Ibrahim, Thomas J. Walsh

Institutions: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Medical Center, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: G111615301, G1901027039, G4315807140, Cancer Center Support Grant

OpenAlex ID: W2121112985

FWCI: 2.224

Cites: 64

Cited by: 51

Related to: 10