Future Directions in Mucormycosis Research

被引:38
作者
Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P. [1 ]
Lewis, Russell E. [1 ]
Lotholary, Oliver [2 ]
Spellberg, Brad [3 ,4 ]
Petrikkos, Georgios [5 ]
Roillides, Emmanuel [6 ]
Ibrahim, Ashraf [3 ,4 ]
Walsh, Thomas J. [7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Infect Dis Infect Control & Employee Hlth, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Univ Paris, Hop Necker Enfants Malad, Serv Malad Infect & Trop, Paris, France
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Med Ctr,Div Gen Internal Med, Los Angeles Biomed Res Inst Harbor, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[4] Harbor UCLA Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Torrance, CA USA
[5] Kapodistriakon Univ Athens, Thessaloniki, Greece
[6] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Hippokrat Hosp, Dept Pediat 3, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
[7] Cornell Univ, Weill Med Coll, Div Infect Dis, New York Presbyterian Hosp, New York, NY 10021 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; INVASIVE FUNGAL-INFECTIONS; PULMONARY ZYGOMYCOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; RHIZOPUS-ORYZAE; AMPHOTERICIN-B; IN-VITRO; IDENTIFICATION; POSACONAZOLE; ASPERGILLUS;
D O I
10.1093/cid/cir886
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:S79 / S85
页数:7
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