Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 32044130
Link to DOI – S0966-842X(20)30009-310.1016/j.tim.2020.01.007
Trends Microbiol 2020 04; 28(4): 240-242
Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of mortality in immunocompromised patients. By using high-resolution sequencing, Zhai et al. provide insight into translocation of Candida strains from the gut mycobiota to the bloodstream of transplanted patients. Microbiota-driven diagnostic methods could rapidly emerge for preventing deadly fungal infections.