The Diagnosis of Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (Fungal NTDs) and the Role of Investigation and Laboratory Tests: An Expert Consensus Report

The Diagnosis of Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (Fungal NTDs) and the Role of Investigation and Laboratory Tests: An Expert Consensus Report

The diagnosis of fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) is primarily based on initial visual recognition of a suspected case followed by confirmatory laboratory testing, which is often limited to specialized facilities. Although molecular and serodiagnostic tools have advanced, a substantial gap r...

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Main Authors: Roderick Hay, David W Denning, Alexandro Bonifaz, Flavio Queiroz-Telles, Karlyn Beer, Beatriz Bustamante, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Maria de Guadalupe Chavez-Lopez, Tom Chiller, Muriel Cornet, Roberto Estrada, Guadalupe Estrada-Chavez, Ahmed Fahal, Beatriz L Gomez, Ruoyu Li, Yesholata Mahabeer, Anisa Mosam, Lala Soavina Ramarozatovo, Mala Rakoto Andrianarivelo, Fahafahantsoa Rapelanoro Rabenja, Wendy van de Sande, Eduard E Zijlstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
fungal NTDs
laboratory diagnosis
mycetoma
sporotrichosis
chromoblastomycosis
integrated approaches
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/4/122

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