National Reference Center for Invasive Fungal Infections

Aldejohann AM, Thielemann N, Zurita AM, Müller C, Gräfenhan T, Kriz R, Lagler H, Behr IS, Reus N, Schöninger A, Walther G, Mazan LM, Wilhelm H, Willinger B, Cuomo CA, Kurzai O, Martin R (2025) Ergosterol-depleted clinical isolates of Nakaseomyces glabratus can develop multi-drug resistance without apparent fitness and virulence defects. bioRxiv , 2025.08.28.672802.

Aldejohann AM, Uribe Munoz A, Füller MA, Walther G, Kurzai O, Schaumburg F, Sträter R, Potratz J, Sandkötter J, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Stracke CP, Beck L, Thomas C, Groll AH (2025) Catastrophic cerebral infarctions in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic Leukemia Due to Mucorales Infection. J Fungi (Basel) 11(9), 618.

Aldejohann LH, Steinmann J, Ruegamer T, Martin R, Thielemann N, Walther G, Kurzai O, Aldejohann AM (2025) Culture-positive COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) in Germany. Int J Med Microbiol 321, 151676.

Arendrup MC, Guinea J, Arikan-Akdagli S, Meijer EFJ, Meis JF, Buil JB, Dannaoui E, Giske CG, Lyskova P, Meletiadis J (2025) How to interpret MICs of amphotericin B, echinocandins and flucytosine against Candida auris (Candidozyma auris) according to the newly established European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) breakpoints. Clin Microbiol Infect [Epub ahead of print] (Review)

Brassington P, Klefisch FR, Graf B, Pfüller R, Kurzai O, Walther G, Barber AE (2025) Genomic reconstruction of an azole-resistant Candida parapsilosis outbreak and the creation of a multilocus sequence typing scheme: a retrospective observational and genomic epidemiology study. Lancet Microbe 6(1), 100949.

Cornely OA, Sprute R, Bassetti M, Chen SC, Groll AH, Kurzai O, Lass-Flörl C, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Rautemaa-Richardson R, Revathi G, Santolaya ME, White PL, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Arendrup MC, Baddley J, Barac A, Ben-Ami R, Brink AJ, Grothe JH, Guinea J, Hagen F, Hochhegger B, Hoenigl M, Husain S, Jabeen K, Jensen HE, Kanj SS, Koehler P, Lehrnbecher T, Lewis RE, Meis JF, Nguyen MH, Pana ZD, Rath PM, Reinhold I, Seidel D, Takazono T, Vinh DC, Zhang SX, Afeltra J, Al-Hatmi AMS, Arastehfar A, Arikan-Akdagli S, Bongomin F, Carlesse F, Chayakulkeeree M, Chai LYA, Chamani-Tabriz L, Chiller T, Chowdhary A, Clancy CJ, Colombo AL, Cortegiani A, Corzo Leon DE, Drgona L, Dudakova A, Farooqi J, Gago S, Ilkit M, Jenks JD, Klimko N, Krause R, Kumar A, Lagrou K, Lionakis MS, Lmimouni BE, Mansour MK, Meletiadis J, Mellinghoff SC, Mer M, Mikulska M, Montravers P, Neoh CF, Ozenci V, Pagano L, Pappas P, Patterson TF, Puerta-Alcalde P, Rahimli L, Rahn S, Roilides E, Rotstein C, Ruegamer T, Sabino R, Salmanton-García J, Schwartz IS, Segal E, Sidharthan N, Singhal T, Sinko J, Soman R, Spec A, Steinmann J, Stemler J, Taj-Aldeen SJ, Talento AF, Thompson GR, Toebben C, Villanueva-Lozano H, Wahyuningsih R, Weinbergerová B, Wiederhold N, Willinger B, Woo PCY, Zhu LP (2025) Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM. Lancet Infect Dis 25(5), e280-e293. (Review)

Garbe E, Ullah A, Aldejohann AM, Kurzai O, Janevska S, Walther G (2025) In vitro activity of novel antifungals, natamycin, and terbinafine against Fusarium. Antimicrob Agents Chemotherapy 69(6), e01913-24.

Hatmaker EA, Barber AE, Drott MT, Sauters TJC, Gumilang A, Alastruey-Izquierdo A, Garcia-Hermoso D, Eagan JL, Keller NP, Kontoyiannis DP, Kurzai O, Rokas A (2025) Population structure in a fungal human pathogen is potentially linked to pathogenicity. Nat Commun 16(1), 7594.

Heilig L, Bussemer L, Strobel L, Hünniger-Ast K, Kurzai O, Grothey A, Dölken L, Laib Sampaio K, Panagiotou G, Westermann AJ, Einsele H, Wurster S, Schäuble S, Löffler J (2025) Unveiling immune interference: how the dendritic cell response to co-infection with Aspergillus fumigatus is modulated by human cytomegalovirus and its virokine CMVIL-10. mBio [Epub ahead of print]

Kurotschka PK, Koch MJ, Bucher E, Figueiras A, Gensichen J, Hapfelmeier A, Hay AD, Kretzschmann C, Kurzai O, Lâm TT, Lasher K, Massidda O, Sanftenberg L, Schmiemann G, Schneider A, Simmenroth A, Stark S, Warkentin L, Ebell MH, Gágyor I (2025) Dipsticks and point-of-care microscopy in urinary tract infections in primary care: Results of the MicUTI pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS One 20(10), e0332390.