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Mycology (Fungal Infections)

Learn more about mycology below.

Clinical Trials

  • Posaconazole for Invasive Aspergillosis

ANZMIG Studies

Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG) is a special interest group (SIG) of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID). Monash Infectious Diseases has participated in many studies of important fungal infections coordinated by ANZMIG including:

  • Cryptococcus gattii infections in Australia 2000-2007
  • Australian Candidemia Study
  • Australian Scedosporium (AUSCEDO) study

Publications

Cryptococcemia in primary HIV infection.
Au Yeung V, Azzam R, Dendle C, Graham M, Woolley IJ, Korman TM.
Int J STD AIDS 2016 [in press]

Mucormycosis in Australia: contemporary epidemiology and outcomes.
Kennedy KJ, Daveson K, Slavin MA, van Hal SJ, Sorrell TC, Lee A, Marriott DJ, Chapman B, Halliday CL, Hajkowicz K, Athan E, Bak N, Cheong E, Heath CH, Morrissey CO, Kidd S, Beresford R, Blyth C, Korman TM, Robinson JO, Meyer W, Chen SC; Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Jan 19. pii: S1198-743X(16)00012-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.005. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 26806139
Invasive infections due to filamentous fungi other than Aspergillus: epidemiology and determinants of mortality.
Slavin M, van Hal S, Sorrell TC, Lee A, Marriott DJ, Daveson K, Kennedy K, Hajkowicz K, Halliday C, Athan E, Bak N, Cheong E, Heath CH, Orla Morrissey C, Kidd S, Beresford R, Blyth C, Korman TM, Owen Robinson J, Meyer W, Chen SC; the Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Jan 14. pii: S1198-743X(15)00175-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.12.021. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 25677259 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae.
Gardiner BJ, Simpson I, Khuu MH, Kidd SE, Lo CH, Jenkin GA.
Med Mycol Case Reports 2015 Mar;7:8-11. doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.003
Hampered by historical paradigms – echinocandins and the treatment of Candida endocarditis.
Gardiner BJ, Slavin M, Korman TM, Stuart RL.
Mycoses. 2013 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/myc.12154. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:24251958 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

Antifungal therapy and management of complications of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii,
Chen SC. Korman TM. Slavin MA. Marriott D. Byth K. Bak N. Currie BJ. Hajkowicz K. Heath CH. Kidd SE. McBride WJH. Meyer W. Murray R. Playford EG. Sorrell TC. on behalf of the Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG)-Cryptococcus Study.
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug;57(4):543-51. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit341. Epub 2013 May 22.
PMID: 23697747 [PubMed – in process]

Clinical manifestations of Cryptococcus gattii infection: determinants of neurological sequelae and death.
Chen SC. Slavin MA. Heath CH. Playford EG. Byth K. Marriott D. Kidd SE. Bak N. Currie B. Hajkowicz K. Korman TM. McBride WJH. Meyer W. Murray R. Sorrell TC. on behalf of the Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG)-Cryptococcus Study.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;55(6):789-98. Epub 2012 Jun 5.
PMID:22670042 [PubMed – in process]

Consensus statement on the management of invasive candidiasis in Intensive Care Units in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Hsueh PR, Graybill JR, Playford EG, Watcharananan SP, Oh MD, Ja’alam K, Huang S, Nangia V, Kurup A, Padiglione AA.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2009 Sep;34(3):205-9. Epub 2009 May 5.
PMID: 19409759 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Management of Aspergillus osteomyelitis: report of failure of liposomal amphotericin B and response to voriconazole in an immunocompetent host and literature review.
Stratov I, Korman TM, Johnson PD.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 May;22(5):277-83. Epub 2003 May 7. Review.
PMID: 12734721 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

Lasiodiplodia theobromae isolated from a subcutaneous abscess in a Cambodian immigrant to Australia.
Maslen MM, Collis T, Stuart R.
J Med Vet Mycology 1996;34(4):279-283.