Epidemiology and burden of invasive fungal infections in the countries of the Arab League

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dc.contributor.authorKmeid, Joumana G.
dc.contributor.authorJabbour, Jean Francois
dc.contributor.authorKanj, Souha S.
dc.contributor.departmentInternal Medicine
dc.contributor.departmentDivision of Infectious Diseases
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T11:58:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T11:58:48Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe burden of invasive fungal infections is alarming worldwide. The aim of this paper is to review the published literature and evaluate the knowledge gap pertaining to studies on invasive fungal infections in the countries of the Arab League. Few countries from this region have published reports. The most commonly studied invasive fungal infections is invasive candidiasis. Candida albicans remains overall the most common causative pathogen (33.8–60%), however, non-albicans Candida species are increasing. Antifungal susceptibility testing is non-standardized across the published studies. Data on aspergillosis and other fungal infections is scarce. This sheds light on the need for standardized surveillance in the region encompassing more countries of the Arab League to guide diagnostic approach and empiric therapy. © 2020
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2019.05.007
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-85067640036
dc.identifier.pmid31248814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/31350
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Infection and Public Health
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectArab league
dc.subjectAspergillosis
dc.subjectCandidiasis
dc.subjectInvasive fungal infections
dc.subjectMycoses
dc.subjectAntifungal agents
dc.subjectArabs
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectAntifungal agent
dc.subjectAntifungal susceptibility
dc.subjectArab
dc.subjectArticle
dc.subjectCandida albicans
dc.subjectDisease burden
dc.subjectDisease surveillance
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectInvasive candidiasis
dc.subjectMucormycosis
dc.subjectMycosis
dc.subjectNonhuman
dc.subjectPriority journal
dc.subjectSystemic mycosis
dc.titleEpidemiology and burden of invasive fungal infections in the countries of the Arab League
dc.typeArticle

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