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- Title
Emerging and Re-emerging Fungal Disease in Iran.
- Authors
Hashemi, Seyed Jamal; Rafat, Zahra
- Abstract
Background: Emerging fungal infections may be used to denote infections that have newly appeared in the population or those that are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. Also Re-emerging fungal disease have been known for some time, had fallen to such low levels that they were no longer considered public health problems and are now showing upward trends in incidence or prevalence worldwide or have appeared in areas where they were not previously found. The epidemiology of these infections has changed during the past 20 years. The incidence has increased, and the population of patients at risk has expanded to include those with a broad list of medical conditions, such as: solid-organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), cancer, receipt of immunosuppressive therapy, Accquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), premature birth, advanced age and major surgery. The aim of this study was to provide a brief presentation about emerging and re-emerging fungal disease in Iran. Methods: In this study, we checked out available literatures concerning emerging and re-emerging fungal disease in Iran. Databases searched were MEDLINE (PubMed), Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct and the Scientific Information Database (SID). Results: Zygomycosis and aspergillosis areemerging fungal disease and Candidiasis due to non-albicans Candida species, trichosporonosis, cryotococcosis, malasseziasis (due to non-furfur species) and infection due to saprophytic moulds such as Fusarium spp, Alternaria spp and Curvularia spp are emerging disease in Iran, over the past 20 years. Conclusion: The discovery of "new" species and the widening of geographic distributions of previously recognized organisms emphasizes that our understanding of fungal epidemiology is critically dependent on global collaborative efforts. Changes in hosts susceptible to infection, practice patterns, and diagnostic methods, and possibly changes in climatic influences, will likely continue to alter the epidemiology for years to come.
- Subjects
IRAN; CONFERENCES &; conventions; MYCOSES
- Publication
Current Medical Mycology, 2018, Vol 4, p2
- ISSN
2423-3439
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18502/cmm.4.S1.2018.178