Advances in Fungal Infections: Special Issue in Diagnostics Journal

Dear Colleagues,

Fungi are ubiquitous in the environment and occur as commensals in the flora of mucosal surfaces of mammalian tissues. Fungal infections, however, cause severe morbidity and mortality, particularly in immunocompromised patients and seriously ill patients. In fact, some epidemiologists have even projected that a fungus may be the next cause of a pandemic after COVID-19.

In order to be prepared to stop or contain the potential havoc that fungi may cause, it is important to understand the emerging epidemiological patterns, the mechanisms underlying their microbiology, the drug-resistance mechanisms, to discuss all available techniques for diagnosis and treatment, and to explore new diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. It is also important that the different disciplines that work on different aspects of fungi pull their resources and expertise together to overcome the current and potential threat posed by the infection.

In this Special Issue on fungi, we invite review and original articles that include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Advances in our knowledge of the genetics and the microbiologic mechanisms by which the fungi resist destruction
2. New insights in human immune response, and the mechanisms by which fungi are able to evade this
3. New diagnostic and therapeutic platforms in managing these fungal infections
4. New paradigms of multidisciplinary management of fungal infections
5. Potential therapeutic strategies that may augment the current strategies

Dr. Alfred O. Ankrah
Prof. Dr. Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans
Prof. Dr. Mike M. Sathekge
Guest Editors

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