Fungi@MANCHESTER | Working Together to Beat Fungal Infection

Why?

How many
are affected?

Treating and caring for patients with fungal diseases is becoming an increasing economic burden. Estimated numbers of patients who will need expensive antifungal drugs for some of the life-threatening fungal illnesses are summarised here.

Invasive aspergillosis kills more than 100 000 per year, mortality is >50%
Around 10% of new leukaemic cases will go on to develop invasive aspergillosis (30 000 per year)
54,000 stem cell transplants are carried out annually. 5,400 will get aspergillosis
216 000 COPD patients will need treatment for aspergillosis
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis causes more than 450 000 deaths per year
Severe asthma kills 100 000 per year, half of which are related to fungal sensitisation

The Burden of Fungal Diseases in Romania.

Submitted by F@Manc on June 15, 2018

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M. Mareș, Moroti-Constantinescu, V. Ruxandra, and Denning, D. W., “The Burden of Fungal Diseases in Romania.”, J Fungi (Basel), vol. 4, no. 1, 2018.

An Estimate of the Burden of Fungal Disease in Norway.

Submitted by F@Manc on June 15, 2018

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I. Nordøy, Hesstvedt, iv, L., Andersen, C. Torp, Mylvaganam, H., Kols, N. Isabelle, Falch, B. Margrethe, Tofteland, S., Müller, F., and Denning, D. William, “An Estimate of the Burden of Fungal Disease in Norway.”, J Fungi (Basel), vol. 4, no. 1, 2018.

Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of four Aspergillus-specific IgG assays for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.

Submitted by F@Manc on June 15, 2018

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I. D. Page, Baxter, C., Hennequin, C., Richardson, M. D., van Hoeyveld, E., van Toorenenbergen, A. W., and Denning, D. W., “Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of four Aspergillus-specific IgG assays for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.”, Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 47-51, 2018.

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Research.

Manchester Fungal Infection Group, National Aspergillosis Centre, Mycology Reference Centre all carry out research programs.

The Manchester Fungal Infection Group (MFIG) is

Medicine.

National Aspergillosis Centre, Mycology Reference Centre Manchester

The UK National Aspergillosis Centre has been commissioned (2009) by the Department of Health to provide long term

Teaching.

PhD, Medical Mycology FT MSc, training workshops, internships

Many opportunities for training and learning are available from fungi@MANCHESTER