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Table 12.3 Human diseases caused by fungi
Name of the fungus
Disease
Literature
evidence
(PMID)
Aspergillus fumigatus
Invasive aspergillosis
26974544
Respiratory tract infections and mycotoxicosis
15813678
Cystic fibrosis
30174658,
29038255
Candida albicans
Mucosal infection, epithelial invasion, and
endothelial cell injury
21776285
Histoplasma capsulatum
Histoplasmosis
10569756
Pneumonia, respiratory failure and mediastinitis 17223625,
29744231
Cladosporium
sphaerospermum
Allergy and other occasional diseases
27243961
L. corymbifera
Mucormycosis
25121733
Aureobasidium pullulans
Opportunistic infections
24984952
Melanized fungi (black
yeast)
Phaeohyphomycosis, chromoblastomycosis and
mycetoma
24982320
Filamentous fungiaspergillus and fusarium
strains
Fungal infection of the cornea
23853581
Candida glabrata
Candida glabrata infection in HIV infection and
tuberculosis
21445236
H. capsulatum strain
G217B
Pulmonary histoplasmosis
21341981
Scedosporium
apiospermum
Cystic fibrosis, scedosporiosis
21067336
Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis
22144905
Zygomycetes
Zygomycosis
16003938
Candida dubliniensis and
Candida albicans
APECED (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy–
candidosis–ectodermal dystrophy) and chronic
candidosis
11154409
Stachybotrys chartarum
Pulmonary haemorrhage and hemosiderosis
10831457
Rhizopus microsporus
Iron overload in dialysis and mucormycosis
8204101
Cryptococcus yeast
Neoplastic disease
2530602
Cunninghamella
bertholletiae
Mucormycosis (diabetic patients or patients
receiving chemotherapy treatment)
C. bertholletiae infection during deferoxamine
therapy for iron overload unrelated to
haemodialysis patients
3060947
Rhizopus species
Mucormycosis
2702092
Rhinocerebral rhizopus infections
3662280
A. Prabahar et al.