Dr. Colombo received his medical degree from the Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, where he also continued his residency training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases (1983-1986). He completed his fellowship in Medical Mycology at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio, Texas, USA (1992-1994). He is currently a Professor of Medicine in the Federal University of São Paulo, and he serves as a consultant on Medical Mycology for several institutions in Brazil and Latin America. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Graduate Students and Research of the Federal University of São Paulo between February 2009 and February 2012. Dr Colombo was a senior advisor for Leading International Fungal Education (LIFE, 2013-2021), as we as integrated the International Council Member of the International Immunocompromised Host Society (2016-2921). Currently he is Senior Advisor for the Global Action for Fungal Infections (GAFFI, 2013 - present) and convenor of INFOCUS LATAM ISHAM Working Group (2019-present). Recently, he was nominated fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (2018) and Permanent Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science (2020). Dr. Colombo has authored and co-authored a total of 231 publications in peer-reviewed journals, accumulating more than 17,300 citations (H index 69, google academic). He has organized several multicentre surveillance studies to characterize the epidemiology and clinical aspects of Candida spp. Aspergillus spp. and Trichosporon invasive infections. In addition, he coordinated and/or participated of several studies to characterize the burden of antifungal resistance and molecular mechanisms involved. Finally, he coordinated or co-authored several guidelines for the clinical management of fungal infections that were organized by local and international academic and/or medical societies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Bloodstream Infection (BSI) caused by Candida species is a public health problem worldwide, particularly in Brazil where besides exhibiting high incidence rates, this infection presents crude mortality rates ranging between 50 and 70%. Expanding our horizons of understanding of aspects related to the epidemiology and pathogenesis of these infections, including those caused by emerging pat…
Aspergillus fumigatus is a human fungal pathogen able to cause invasive aspergillosis (IA) associated with high mortality rates in immunocompromised patients and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) in immunocompetent individuais with previous pulmonary lesions. Although Brazil is an endemic country for tuberculosis, the main underlying condition associated with CPA, little is known abou…
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is major cause of morbidity and mortality in profoundly immunocompromised patients. Although many species of Aspergillus have been isolated in nature, A. fumigatus is the primary causative agent of human infections. Once the conidia reach the alveoli, they germinate and produce hyphae that invade the pulmonary tissue. These hyphae have a tropism for blood vesse…
Candida albicans remains the most prevalent species in human superficial and invasive Candida infections, although there is concern over the increasing rates of non-C. albicans infections worldwide. C. parapsilosis is the second Candida species most frequently isolated from blood cultures in South America and in some European countries, such as Spain and Italy. Since 2005, when this taxon…
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The annual global occurrence of Candida bloodstream infections is around 400,000 cases. Although Candidemia is a global problem, the incidence level are particularly staggering inBrazil. In a nation wide prospective multicenter study conducted, a high burden of Candidemia was reported, with 2.49-6.0 cases per 1,000 admissions (10-30 times higher than that reported in the Northern Hemisphe…
Intraspecific diversity described in different levels of biological organization is a relevant topic in the scientific debate, and an important element in understanding that how gene flow can impact in process of adaptation, speciation and phenotypic plasticity in human pathogens. The taxonomy of the genus Trichosporon has been extensile studied. Currently, includes 12 species: T. asahii …
Last years have been a substantial increase in the occurrence of invasive infections by Candida isolates resistant to antifungal treatment. Among Candida spp, C. auris present resistantance to triazoles, amphotericin B and eventually echinocandins, representing the worth mentioning. The occurrence of C. auris outbreaks in several countries of the world triggered the establishment of tech…
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Although candidemia is a concern worldwide, the incidence and mortality rates are particularly staggering in Brazil. According to several authors, for every 1,000 hospital admission in tertiary care Brazilian hospitals, up to 6 patients will develop candidemia and half of them will die from this infection during their hospital admission. Clearly, the management of invasive candidiasis is …
Trichosporon species are yeast-like fungi that have been reported as the second/third most common cause of fungemia in patients with hematological malignancies. Despite the large intraspecific diversity already described for T. asahii (15 genotypes), and T. faecale (3 genotypes), the biological relevance of these genotypes in the human infections is still unclear. Based on the molecular c…
Candida albicans remains the most prevalent species in human superficial and invasive Candida infections, although there is concern over the increasing rates of non-C. albicans infections worldwide. C. parapsilosis is the second Candida species most frequently isolated from blood cultures in South America and in some European countries. Since 2005, when this taxon has been considered a co…
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