Targeting fungi: a challenge

The American Journal of Medicine
F Meunier

Abstract

Invasive fungal infections are more commonly identified in various categories of patients, mainly in cancer patients but also in those undergoing organ transplantation, patients in intensive care units, and those with AIDS. There is a great need to increase the awareness of practitioners who are still underestimating the morbidity and mortality relating to invasive fungal infections, and to stress the economic burden for the society and healthcare systems of invasive fungal infections. The list of fungal pathogens causing life-threatening complications has also increased recently, with the emergence of unusual fungi being more frequently identified in such settings. Early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections is still a major challenge for the clinician at the bedside. Identification of state-of-the-art management is also a difficult task for the clinical scientist involved in the assessment of optimal strategies to prevent and to treat those invasive fungal infections, although major progress has occurred in the last 5 years with the development of new, safe, and effective antifungal agents. Empiric therapy remains a very controversial issue that should be further investigated in high-quality clinical trials. Overall, clinic...Continue Reading

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