Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Clin Microbiol Rev. 2024 Jun 13;37(2):e0003423. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00034-23. Epub 2024 May 1.
SUMMARYIn 2023, the World Health Organization designated eumycetoma causative agents as high-priority pathogens on its list of fungal priority pathogens. Despite this recognition, a comprehensive understanding of these causative agents is lacking, and potential variations in clinical manifestations or therapeutic responses remain unclear. In this review, 12,379 eumycetoma cases were reviewed. In total, 69 different fungal species were identified as causative agents. However, some were only identified once, and there was no supporting evidence that they were indeed present in the grain. was by far the most commonly reported fungal causative agent. In most studies, identification of the fungus at the species level was based on culture or histology, which was prone to misidentifications. The newly used molecular identification tools identified new causative agents. Clinically, no differences were reported in the appearance of the lesion, but variations in mycetoma grain formation and antifungal susceptibility were observed. Although attempts were made to explore the differences in clinical outcomes based on antifungal susceptibility, the lack of large clinical trials and the inclusion of surgery as standard treatment posed challenges in drawing definitive conclusions. Limited case series suggested that eumycetoma cases caused by species were less responsive to treatment than those caused by . However, further research is imperative for a comprehensive understanding.
2023 年,世界卫生组织(WHO)将外生菌性真菌病的病原体列为真菌优先病原体清单中的高优先级病原体。尽管有了这一认识,但对这些病原体的全面了解仍存在不足,临床表现或治疗反应的潜在差异也不明确。本综述回顾了 12379 例外生菌性真菌病病例,共鉴定出 69 种不同的真菌病原体。然而,其中一些仅被鉴定过一次,且没有证据表明它们确实存在于病灶中。 是迄今为止报道最多的真菌病原体。在大多数研究中,基于培养或组织学鉴定真菌的种属,容易出现错误鉴定。新使用的分子鉴定工具鉴定了新的病原体。临床上,病灶的外观没有差异,但观察到真菌病颗粒形成和抗真菌药物敏感性存在差异。尽管尝试根据抗真菌药物敏感性来探讨临床结局的差异,但由于缺乏大型临床试验以及将手术作为标准治疗纳入,很难得出明确的结论。有限的病例系列表明,由 引起的外生菌性真菌病病例对治疗的反应不如由 引起的病例。但需要进一步的研究来全面了解。