Mycopathologia - Readers' Choice 2024

Mycopathologia is pleased to present the top 10 most downloaded articles from the first half of 2024. They have logged over 26,000 electronic accesses and 44 citations so far. These articles cover a range of topics, including invasive aspergillosis, the role of Candida spp. in health and disease, emerging pathogen Trichophyton indotineae, and novel antifungals for chronic fungal infections. 

We look forward to your engagement with these articles and hope they inspire further research and discovery in medical mycology.

1. Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis: How It’s Evolving

   _{Johannes Boyer, Simon Feys, Isabella Zsifkovits, Martin Hoenigl & Matthias Egger}
    

2. Candida spp. in Human Intestinal Health and Disease

   _{Irini A. M. Kreulen, Wouter J. de Jonge, René M. van den Wijngaard & Isabelle A. M. van Thiel}
    

3. The Role of Novel Antifungals in the Management of Chronic Fungal Infections

   _{Eloy E. Ordaya, Josh Clement & Paschalis Vergidis} 
    

4. Predictors for Prolonged Hospital Stay Solely Due to Fungal Infections

   _{ECMM Candida III Study Group}
    

5. Insights into Changing Dermatophyte Spectrum in Urban Populations

   _{Pawan Kumar, S. Ramachandran, Shukla Das, S. N. Bhattacharya & Bhupesh Taneja} 
    

6. COVID-19 associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: Impact of Antifungal Prophylaxis

   _{Jonas Frost, Maximilian Gornicec, Alexander C. Reisinger, Philipp Eller, Martin Hoenigl & Juergen Prattes}
    

7. Circulatory Inflammatory Proteins as Early Diagnostic Biomarkers for Invasive Aspergillosis in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies—an Exploratory Study

   _{ECMM Immunologic Markers for Treatment Monitoring and Diagnosis in Invasive Mold Infection Working Group} 

8. Resistance Profile, Terbinafine Resistance Screening and MALDI-TOF MS Identification of the Emerging Pathogen Trichophyton indotineae

   _{Roelke De Paepe, Anne-Cécile Normand, Silke Uhrlaß, Pietro Nenoff, Renaud Piarroux & Ann Packeu} 
    

9. Disseminated Basidiobolomycosis Caused by Basidiobolus omanensis in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Case Report and Literature Review

   _{Laila Al Yazidi, Sharifa Al Sinani, Badriya Al Adawi, Marwa Al Riyami, Yasser Wali, Abdulhakeem Al Rawas, Buthaina Al Musalhi, Jacques F. Meis, Saif Al Housni, Ahmed Al-Harrasi & Abdullah M. S. Al Hatmi} 
    

10. Anti-Candida Antibodies of Patients with Invasive Candidiasis Inhibit Growth, Alter Cell Wall Structure, and Kill Candida albicans In Vitro
    _{Giulia Carrano, Inés Arrieta-Aguirre, Ander Díez, Marta Bregón-Villahoz, Iñigo Fernandez-de-Larrinoa & María-Dolores Moragues}