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An endemic mycosis is an infection caused by a dimorphic fungus that historically occurs regularly in a particular geographic area and occupies a particular niche in the local environment, and can infect people with healthy immune systems.[1] The fungi that cause endemic mycoses are sometimes called endemic fungi. While endemic mycoses can infect people with healthy immune systems, they are particularly dangerous for immunocompromised people.
Endemic mycoses have become increasingly common and have increasingly been detected outside their historical geographic range. Factors that may be contributing to this increase include population growth in endemic areas; increased numbers of immunocompromised people, particularly due to HIV infection; and environmental and climate change.[2]
List
- Adiaspiromycosis - Adiaspiromyces
- Blastomycosis - Blastomyces
- Chromoblastomycosis[3]
- Coccidioidomycosis - Coccidioides
- Emergomycosis (emmonsiosis) - Emergomyces
- Eumycetoma[3]
- Histoplasmosis - Histoplasma
- Lacaziosis (lobomycosis) - Lacazia[3]
- Paracoccidioidomycosis - Paracoccidioides
- Sporotrichosis - Sporothrix
- Talaromycosis (penicilliosis) - Talaromyces
Histoplasmosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and blastomycosis are sometimes considered the "major" endemic mycoses, in contrast to the "minor" endemic mycoses such as talaromycosis, adiaspiromycosis, and emergomycosis.[2]
References
- ^ Malcolm, Theodore R.; Chin-Hong, Peter V. (December 2013). "Endemic mycoses in immunocompromised hosts". Current Infectious Disease Reports. 15 (6): 536–543. doi:10.1007/s11908-013-0387-4. PMC 4939090. PMID 24197921.
- ^ a b Tirado-Sánchez, Andrés; González, Gloria M; Bonifaz, Alexandro (November 2020). Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 18 (11): 1105–1117. doi:10.1080/14787210.2020.1792774. PMID 32620065.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c Queiroz-Telles, Flavio; et al. (January 2017). "Chromoblastomycosis". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 30 (1): 233–276. doi:10.1128/CMR.00032-16. PMC 5217794. PMID 27856522. Retrieved 2022-07-08.