Humans vs. Fungi: An Overview of Fungal Pathogens against Humans.

ABSTRACT: Human fungal diseases are infections caused by any fungus that invades human tissues, causing superficial, subcutaneous, or systemic diseases. Fungal infections that enter various human tissues and organs pose a significant threat to millions of individuals with weakened immune systems globally. Over recent decades, the reported cases of invasive fungal infections have increased substantially and research progress in this field has also been rapidly boosted. This review provides a comprehensive list of human fungal pathogens extracted from over 850 recent case reports, and a summary of the relevant disease conditions and their origins. Details of 281 human fungal pathogens belonging to 12 classes and 104 genera in the divisions ascomycota, basidiomycota, entomophthoromycota, and mucoromyco

SUBMITTER: Thambugala KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11124197 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature