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Journal Article
Invasive Fungal Diseases of Combat Wounds: Burden, Epidemiology, and Mycology
2024
Overview
During the last two decades, wound invasive fungal diseases (WIFDs) have reemerged as important causes of mortality and morbidity in military personnel and civilian casualties in war areas. Historically, mycotic infections acquired in combat operations during Vietnam War and were associated with burn wounds. Modern combat related WIFDs are almost exclusively associated with severe traumatic events which encompass blast exposure as the primary mechanism of injury and subsequent extremity amputation and extensive blood loss. Such infections often lead to deep tissue necrosis, long hospitalizations, extensive surgeries, and more severe amputation. Studies of combat related WIFDs among U.S. military personnel in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) demonstrated incidence rates of approximately 7% and crude mortality of 8.5%. WIFDs were also seen in U.K. military personnel returning from Afghanistan and are common in the current Ukraine and Gaza conflicts.
Mucorales
,
Aspergillus
and
Fusarium
species are the predominant causes of WIFDs. These molds are opportunistic pathogens which thrive in patients with immune system imbalances following traumatic injury. They are ubiquitous environmental fungi found in a variety of soils but there are significant regional differences depending on the local soil type, vegetation, and climate. The management of WIFDs is complicated by the limited efficacy of current antifungals on many of these environmental species and by emerging antifungal resistance globally. This review provides an overview of the global burden, epidemiology, and clinical features of combat-related fungal infections with the aim to provide a better understanding of the threat posed for wounded Service Members and civilians.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Diseases
/ Drug resistance in microorganisms
/ Fungi
/ Humans
/ Injuries
/ Invasive Fungal Infections - epidemiology
/ Invasive Fungal Infections - microbiology
/ Invasive Fungal Infections - mortality
/ Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data
/ Mucorales - isolation & purification
/ Review
/ United States - epidemiology
/ War
/ Wound Infection - epidemiology
/ Wound Infection - microbiology
/ Wounds and Injuries - complications
