Cândida Driemeyer, Diego R Falci, Rita O Oladele, Felix Bongomin, Bright K Ocansey, Nelesh P Govender, Martin Hoenigl, Jean Pierre Gangneux, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Oliver A Cornely, Alexandre Alanio, Jesus Guinea, C Orla Morrissey, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Jacques F Meis, Caroline Bruns, Jannik Stemler, Alessandro C Pasqualotto
Africa, although not unique in this context, is a favourable environment for fungal infections, given the high burden of risk factors. An online survey was developed asking about laboratory infrastructure and antifungal drug availability. We received 40 responses (24·4% response rate) of 164 researchers contacted from 21 African countries. Only five institutions (12·5%) of 40 located in Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda potentially fulfilled the minimum laboratory requirements for European Confederation of Medical Mycology Excellence Centre blue status...
June 2022: The Lancet. Microbe