Editorials and Comments
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011): Reviews, Articles, Case Reports and Letters
https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.001

WHAT ARE FUNGAL INFECTIONS?

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Published: January 3, 2011
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Ben E de Pauw
be.depauw@yahoo.com
University Medical Center St Radboud, Netherlands.
Yeasts and moulds now rank amongst the 10 most frequently isolated pathogens in febrile patients with an impaired immune system. Fungi are mainly opportunistic pathogens that only invade the body if a severely weakened natural defense permits them to do so. Most factors facilitating an invasive fungal infection are unavoidable because they are directly connected to the underlying diseases as well as to their treatment.Modern aggressive treatment modalities jeopardize the defense mechanisms to an extent that even fungi with a low virulence may enter the body.

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Ben E de Pauw, University Medical Center St Radboud
Institute of Hematology, Catholic University, Director

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“WHAT ARE FUNGAL INFECTIONS?” (2011) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 3(1), p. e2011001. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2011.001.