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FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST
Immunocompromised host
Risk factors
Candidiasis and aspergillosis
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa. Hospital Evandro Chagas. Serviço de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa. Hospital Evandro Chagas. Serviço de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa. Hospital Evandro Chagas. Serviço de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Resumen en ingles
In recent years many remarkable changes occurred in our way of life, producing opportunities for microbes. All these changes are related to the recent emergence of previously unrecognized diseases, or the resurgence of diseases that, at least in developed countries, were thought to be under control. This concept is reviewed regarding fungal infections and their agents in the immunocompromised host. The changing pattern of these infections, the portals of entry of fungi into the human host, fungal pathogenicity and the main predisposing factors are analyzed. Opportunistic fungal infections in cancer, organ transplant and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients are reviewed, specially candidiasis and aspergillosis.
Palabras clave en ingles
Fungal infectionsImmunocompromised host
Risk factors
Candidiasis and aspergillosis
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