Improving awareness, diagnosis and management of invasive fungal infections in Ghana: establishment of the Ghana Medical Mycology Society.

Animals Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use Ghana Invasive Fungal Infections / diagnosis Mycology Surveys and Questionnaires
Ghana antifungal agents diagnostics invasive fungal infections research

Journal

Medical mycology
ISSN: 1460-2709
Titre abrégé: Med Mycol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9815835

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 Sep 2022
Historique:
received: 12 08 2022
revised: 28 08 2022
accepted: 06 09 2022
pubmed: 9 9 2022
medline: 4 10 2022
entrez: 8 9 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) and medical mycology receive little attention in Ghana. However, the present evolution of biomarker assays for IFIs, offers an opportunity for an increased access to fungal laboratory testing in resource-limited settings, and probably make a case for availability of essential antifungal agents. Using surveys and personal communications, the state of medical mycology and IFI in Ghana were highlighted. Inadequate awareness and insufficient access to fungal diagnostics and therapeutics were identified as the key challenges, the establishment of the Ghana Medical Mycology Society was discussed, and recommendations were made to improve the status quo. Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) receive little attention in Ghana, despite its growing relevance globally. Using surveys and personal communications, the main challenges were identified, and the formation of the Ghana Medical Mycology Society was discussed as a tool to improve the status quo.

Autres résumés

Type: plain-language-summary (eng)
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) receive little attention in Ghana, despite its growing relevance globally. Using surveys and personal communications, the main challenges were identified, and the formation of the Ghana Medical Mycology Society was discussed as a tool to improve the status quo.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myac069 PMID: 36073757 PMC: PMC9521337
pubmed: 36073757
pii: 6694000
doi: 10.1093/mmy/myac069
pmc: PMC9521337
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antifungal Agents 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.

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Auteurs

Bright K Ocansey (BK)

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3120-106X

Edmund A Dadzie (EA)

Department of Health and Allied Sciences, Baldwin University College, Accra GA-082, Ghana.

Stephen K Eduful (SK)

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra GA-337, Ghana.

Martin Agyei (M)

Department of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi AK-448, Ghana.

Mary-Magdalene Osei (MM)

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra GA-270, Ghana.

Peter Puplampu (P)

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra GA-221, Ghana.
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221, Ghana.

Isabella Asamoah (I)

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221, Ghana.

Rita O Oladele (RO)

Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1488-3345

Iriagbonse I Osaigbovo (II)

Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City 300213, Nigeria.

Jane S Afriyie-Mensah (JS)

Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra GA-221, Ghana.
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra GA-221, Ghana.

Japheth A Opintan (JA)

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra GA-270, Ghana.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3928-2116

Samuel Essien-Baidoo (S)

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast CC-071, Ghana.

Arunaloke Chakrabarti (A)

Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1555-3807

Martin Hoenigl (M)

Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Graz 8036, Austria.
Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0021, USA.
ORCID: 0000-0002-1653-2824

David W Denning (DW)

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK.

Malcolm D Richardson (MD)

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK.
Mycology Reference Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK.

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