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è â Candida auris
- WHO critical priority pathogen
- 2009 Japan emergence
- Multi-drug resistant (high fluconazole-R; some echinocandin-R)
- Hospital outbreaks â environmental persistence
- Echinocandin first-line + AmB combination for severe
- Contact precautions + cohorting + environmental cleaning
- Difficult to identify (MALDI-TOF + PCR)
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è â Fusarium
- Neutropenic + leukemia + HSCT
- Disseminated with skin lesions (multiple painful nodules)
- Blood cultures often positive (unique among molds)
- Voriconazole + liposomal AmB combination
- Mortality 50-80%
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è â Lomentospora prolificans
- Multi-drug resistant mold
- Drowning, immunocompromise, CF
- Voriconazole partial activity; olorofim Phase 3 promising
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è â Trichosporon
- Neutropenic disseminated yeast
- Cross-reacts with cryptococcal antigen test
- Voriconazole preferred (echinocandins NOT active)
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è â Dematiaceous (Black) Fungi
- Pigmented hyphae; tropical + immunocompromise
- Cutaneous + sinus + CNS abscess
- Fontana-Masson stain
- Itraconazole / voriconazole + surgery
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è â Newer Antifungals (Emerging Fungi)
- Ibrexafungerp (FDA 2021)
- Fosmanogepix (Phase 3)
- Olorofim (Phase 3)
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è â Echinocandins NOT Active
- Cryptococcus
- Mucor / Rhizopus
- Trichosporon
- Lomentospora prolificans
- Some Candida auris (variable)
- Fusarium (variable)