Pathogenic fungus - Wikipedia
Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Although fungi are eukaryotic, many pathogenic fungi are microorganisms. [1] Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans; [2] their study is called "medical mycology".
One Health: Fungal Pathogens of Humans, Animals, and Plants
Study Outbreaks To Identify Emerging Fungal Pathogens of Humans, Animals, and Plants. Over the past several decades, multiple new pathogenic species have emerged, including Candida auris in humans, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) in salamanders, and multiple new species of plant pathogens.
Pathogenic Fungi - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Human pathogenic fungi represent a small subset of all environmental yeasts and molds. Pathogenic fungi can be acquired by a variety of routes including inhalation of spores (A. fumigatus) or direct skin contact (Tricophyton rubrum).
WHO releases first-ever list of health-threatening fungi
2022年10月25日 · Fungal pathogens are a major threat to public health as they are becoming increasingly common and resistant to treatment with only four classes of antifungal medicines currently available, and few candidates in the clinical pipeline.
Fungal infections: Pathogenesis, antifungals and alternate …
2022年4月27日 · Fungal pathogens employ various mechanisms to evade the host immune system and to progress the severity of infections. For the treatment of diverse superficial and systemic infections, antifungal drugs from the available repertoire are administered.
The pathobiology of human fungal infections - Nature
2024年6月25日 · Pathogenesis has emerged repeatedly and independently across the fungal kingdom. Representative species and their key traits are shown. Pathogen potential in mammals is underpinned by...
Plant Pathogenic Fungi - Microbiology Spectrum
In this article, we give an overview of the biology of plant pathogenic fungi with a focus on differentiation of pathogenic structures and the function of virulence factors. The impact of plant pathogenic fungi on agriculture is discussed, and important model organisms are profiled.
Fungal pathogens: Current Biology - Cell Press
2020年10月5日 · In this Primer, Sun et al. summarize our current knowledge of the genetic and genomic diversity in pathogenic fungi, their origin and their effects on fungal pathogenesis, as well as diverse mechanisms via which fungi develop antimicrobial resistance.
Studying fungal pathogens of humans and fungal infections: …
2019年4月25日 · The development of new antifungals and diagnostic tools that are both necessary to fight fungal diseases efficiently, requires greater insights in the biology of the fungal pathogens of humans...
Pathogenic Fungus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Human pathogenic fungi represent a small subset of all environmental yeasts and molds. Pathogenic fungi can be acquired by a variety of routes including inhalation of spores (A. fumigatus) or direct skin contact (Tricophyton rubrum).