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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Overview

Eric Dannaoui is affiliated with the Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in France and has contributed extensively to medical mycology and related fields. Their body of work spans multiple areas within medicine, specifically focusing on fungal infections, antifungal resistance, and epidemiology among other topics.

Dannaoui's research contributions include 163 publications in medicine, with subfields notably in epidemiology (79 publications), infectious diseases (61 publications), and cell biology (21 publications). Their work also covers niche areas such as small animals and plant science. The main topics of research are antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, nail diseases and treatments, as well as plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Frequent coauthors in Dannaoui's publications include Françoise Botterel, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Sophie Brun, Florent Morio, and Jean-Pierre Gangneux, reflecting collaboration within a specialized scientific community.

Dannaoui has published in a range of scientific journals, particularly in:

  • Journal of Fungi
  • Journal de Mycologie Médicale
  • Medical Mycology
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Representative papers authored or coauthored by Eric Dannaoui include:

  • "Invasive fungal diseases during COVID-19: We should be prepared", 2020, Journal de Mycologie Médicale
  • "Extensive Dermatophytosis Caused by Terbinafine-Resistant Trichophyton indotineae, France", 2021, Emerging infectious diseases
  • "Terbinafine Resistance in Dermatophytes: A French Multicenter Prospective Study", 2022, Journal of Fungi
  • "Galleria mellonella for the Evaluation of Antifungal Efficacy against Medically Important Fungi, a Narrative Review", 2020, Microorganisms
  • "Techniques for the Assessment of In Vitro and In Vivo Antifungal Combinations", 2021, Journal of Fungi

Dannaoui's research primarily addresses challenges of antifungal resistance and susceptibility, with a substantial emphasis on clinical and epidemiological aspects of fungal diseases. This includes studies on emerging resistant fungal strains and methodologies for assessing antifungal treatments.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), an acknowledgment related to their professional engagement in the field of medical mycology.

Best Publications

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    Oliver A. Cornely;Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo;Dorothee Arenz;Sharon C. A. Chen

  • EUCAST definitive document EDef 7.1: method for the determination of broth dilution MICs of antifungal agents for fermentative yeasts.

    J.L. Rodriguez-Tudela;M.C. Arendrup;F. Barchiesi;J. Bille

  • ESCMID† and ECMM‡ joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis 2013

    O.A. Cornely;S. Arikan-Akdagli;E. Dannaoui;A.H. Groll

  • A Global Analysis of Mucormycosis in France: The RetroZygo Study (2005–2007)

    F. Lanternier;F. Lanternier;F. Lanternier;E. Dannaoui;E. Dannaoui;E. Dannaoui;G. Morizot;C. Elie

  • ESCMID and ECMM joint guidelines on diagnosis and management of hyalohyphomycosis: Fusarium spp., Scedosporium spp. and others

    A.M. Tortorano;M. Richardson;E. Roilides;A. van Diepeningen

  • Increasing incidence of zygomycosis (mucormycosis), France, 1997-2006.

    Dounia Bitar;Dieter Van Cauteren;Fanny Lanternier;Eric Dannaoui

  • Prospective multicenter international surveillance of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus.

    J W M van der Linden;M C Arendrup;A Warris;Katrien Lagrou

  • Sequence-Based Identification of Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Mucorales Species in the Clinical Mycology Laboratory: Where Are We and Where Should We Go from Here?

    S. A. Balajee;A. M. Borman;M. E. Brandt;J. Cano

  • ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of systemic phaeohyphomycosis: diseases caused by black fungi

    A. Chowdhary;J. F. Meis;J. Guarro;G. S. de Hoog

  • In vitro susceptibilities of zygomycetes to conventional and new antifungals

    Eric Dannaoui;Joseph Meletiadis;Johan W Mouton;Jacques F G M Meis

  • Invasive fungal diseases during COVID-19: We should be prepared.

    J.-P. Gangneux;M.-E. Bougnoux;E. Dannaoui;M. Cornet

  • Healthcare-Associated Mucormycosis

    Blandine Rammaert;Blandine Rammaert;Fanny Lanternier;Jean-Ralph Zahar;Eric Dannaoui;Eric Dannaoui

  • Interlaboratory Variability of Caspofungin MICs for Candida spp. Using CLSI and EUCAST Methods: Should the Clinical Laboratory Be Testing This Agent?

    A. Espinel-Ingroff;M. C. Arendrup;M. A. Pfaller;L. X. Bonfietti

  • Molecular Identification of Zygomycetes from Culture and Experimentally Infected Tissues

    Patrick Schwarz;Stéphane Bretagne;Jean Charles Gantier;Dea Garcia-Hermoso

  • EUCAST DEFINITIVE DOCUMENT E.DEF 9.1: Method for the determination of broth dilution minimum inhibitory concentrations of antifungal agents for conidia forming moulds

    J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela;M. C. Arendrup;S. Arikan;F. Barchiesi

  • Acquired resistance to echinocandins in Candida albicans: case report and review

    Marie-Thérèse Baixench;Naji Aoun;Marie Desnos-Ollivier;Dea Garcia-Hermoso

  • Activity of Posaconazole in Treatment of Experimental Disseminated Zygomycosis

    Eric Dannaoui;Jacques F. G. M. Meis;David Loebenberg;Paul E. Verweij

  • Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of the ESCMID European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. EUCAST Technical Note on the method for the determination of broth dilution minimum inhibitory concentrations of antifungal agents for conidia-forming moulds.

    JL Rodriguez-Tudela;JP Donnelly;MC Arendrup;S Arikan

  • Acquired itraconazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

    Eric Dannaoui;Elisabeth Borel;Marie-France Monier;Marie-Antoinette Piens

  • Mutations in the fks1 Gene in Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei Correlate with Elevated Caspofungin MICs Uncovered in AM3 Medium Using the Method of the European Committee on Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

    Marie Desnos-Ollivier;Stéphane Bretagne;Dorothée Raoux;Damien Hoinard

  • Fungal infections in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 during the first wave: the French multicentre MYCOVID study.

    Jean-Pierre Gangneux;Eric Dannaoui;Arnaud Fekkar;Charles-Edouard Luyt

  • The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing-Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST-AFST) EUCAST Technical Note on fluconazole.

    J-L Rodriguez Tudela;JP Donnelly;MC Arendrup;S Arikan

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Lortholary
Olivier Lortholary Université Paris Cité
Françoise Dromer
Françoise Dromer Institut Pasteur
Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Paul E. Verweij
Paul E. Verweij Radboud University
Jacques Guillot
Jacques Guillot École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
Maiken Cavling Arendrup
Maiken Cavling Arendrup Statens Serum Institut
Stéphane Bretagne
Stéphane Bretagne Université Paris Cité
Jesús Guinea
Jesús Guinea Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella Instituto de Salud Carlos III

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