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ArticleCurrent fungal infection reports2025

Quality of Life, Disability, and Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Alyson M Cavanaugh, Amanda Ribeiro Dos Santos, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, James Venturini, Ahmed Fahal, Conceição Azevedo, Jeremy A W Gold

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Article in Current fungal infection reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alyson M CavanaughMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7512-2860
Amanda Ribeiro Dos SantosMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5577-4498
Dayvison Francis Saraiva FreitasInstituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2039-2438
James VenturiniSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0035-2439
Ahmed FahalThe Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Conceição AzevedoDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0712-1852
Jeremy A W GoldMycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5054-7616

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of Review: This review summarizes current literature about the disability burden of the fungal neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) sporotrichosis, chromoblastomycosis, eumycetoma, and paracoccidioidomycosis. The review highlights current knowledge gaps in global settings and describes available tools that could be adopted to fill these gaps. Recent Findings: Sporotrichosis, chromoblastomycosis, and eumycetoma often present initially as skin lesions that can become progressively disfiguring, lead to stigmatization, and cause various sequalae affecting health and function. Chronic paracoccidioidomycosis can have systemic involvement and commonly results in impaired pulmonary function, which can limit activities of daily living and employment capacity. Use of standardized tools to quantify disability with fungal NTDs has been limited to date. Standardized tools to measure the impacts on quality of life and mental health are available and have been used for similar patient populations, including persons with other fungal diseases and persons with non-fungal skin NTDs. Summary: Fungal NTDs can be disabling. Improved understanding of the quality of life and mental health consequences might lead to greater awareness of the burden of fungal NTDs and enhance health planning to address the health and rehabilitation needs of persons affected by these diseases.

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ChromoblastomycosisMental healthMycetomaParacoccidioidomycosisSporotrichosisStigma

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PMID40927623
PMCPMC12416368

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