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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)

Overview

Tihana Bicanic is affiliated with St George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. The main topics covered in their work include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, nail diseases and treatments, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, antibiotic use and resistance, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment.

Bicanic has contributed to several recent publications, including the following:

  • Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health, 2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity, 2022, Cell
  • The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare yeast infections: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Invasive candidiasis in critical care: challenges and future directions, 2020, Intensive Care Medicine

Bicanic frequently collaborates with several researchers, among whom the most common co-authors are:

  • Thomas S. Harrison
  • Clare Logan
  • Oliver A. Cornely
  • Martin Hoenigl
  • Jonathan Youngs

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as Open Forum Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Infection, and JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance.

Bicanic holds the title of Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM).

Best Publications

  • Cryptococcus: from environmental saprophyte to global pathogen.

    Robin C. May;Neil R.H. Stone;Darin L. Wiesner;Tihana Bicanic

  • Liposomal Amphotericin B (AmBisome ® ): A Review of the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Clinical Experience and Future Directions

    Neil R. H. Stone;Tihana Bicanic;Rahuman Salim;William Hope

  • Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa

    Síle F. Molloy;Cecilia Kanyama;Robert S. Heyderman;Angela Loyse

  • Determinants of Mortality in a Combined Cohort of 501 Patients With HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Implications for Improving Outcomes

    Joseph N. Jarvis;Tihana Bicanic;Angela Loyse;Daniel Namarika

  • The Case for Adopting the "Species Complex" Nomenclature for the Etiologic Agents of Cryptococcosis.

    Kyung J. Kwon-Chung;John E. Bennett;Brian L. Wickes;Wieland Meyer

  • Fungal Burden, Early Fungicidal Activity, and Outcome in Cryptococcal Meningitis in Antiretroviral-Naive or Antiretroviral-Experienced Patients Treated with Amphotericin B or Fluconazole

    Tihana Bicanic;Graeme Meintjes;Robin Wood;Madeleine Hayes

  • Adjunctive Interferon-γ Immunotherapy for the Treatment of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Joseph N. Jarvis;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe;Gertrude Ntombomzi Williams

  • Cryptococcosis diagnosis and treatment: What do we know now

    John R. Perfect;Tihana Bicanic

  • High-Dose Amphotericin B with Flucytosine for the Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: A Randomized Trial.

    Tihana Bicanic;Robin Wood;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe

  • Symptomatic Relapse of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis after Initial Fluconazole Monotherapy: The Role of Fluconazole Resistance and Immune Reconstitution

    Tihana Bicanic;Thomas Harrison;Alina Niepieklo;Nontobeko Dyakopu

  • Independent Association between Rate of Clearance of Infection and Clinical Outcome of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Analysis of a Combined Cohort of 262 Patients

    Tihana Bicanic;Conrad Muzoora;Annemarie E. Brouwer;Graeme Meintjes

  • Relationship of cerebrospinal fluid pressure, fungal burden and outcome in patients with cryptococcal meningitis undergoing serial lumbar punctures.

    Tihana Bicanic;Annemarie E Brouwer;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe

  • Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective study.

    Tihana Bicanic;Graeme Meintjes;Kevin Rebe;Anthony Williams

  • Cryptococcal meningitis: improving access to essential antifungal medicines in resource-poor countries

    Angela Loyse;Harry Thangaraj;Philippa Easterbrook;Nathan Ford

  • The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan cell is an inducible and regulated morphotype underlying pathogenesis

    Ivy M. Dambuza;Thomas Drake;Ambre Chapuis;Xin Zhou

  • Comparison of the Early Fungicidal Activity of High-Dose Fluconazole, Voriconazole, and Flucytosine as Second-Line Drugs Given in Combination With Amphotericin B for the Treatment of HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

    Angela Loyse;Douglas Wilson;Graeme Meintjes;Joseph N. Jarvis

  • Efficient phagocytosis and laccase activity affect the outcome of HIV-associated cryptococcosis

    Wilber Sabiiti;Emma Robertson;Mathew A. Beale;Simon A. Johnston

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Profiles Predict Risk of Early Mortality and Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

    Joseph N Jarvis;Graeme Meintjes;Tihana Bicanic;Viviana Buffa

  • High ongoing burden of cryptococcal disease in Africa despite antiretroviral roll out

    Joseph N Jarvis;Andrew Boulle;Angela Loyse;Tihana Bicanic

  • Combination antifungal therapy for cryptococcal meningitis.

    Angela Loyse;Tihana Bicanic;Joseph N Jarvis

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas S. Harrison
Thomas S. Harrison St George's, University of London
Graeme Meintjes
Graeme Meintjes University of Cape Town
Robin Wood
Robin Wood University of Cape Town
Matthew C. Fisher
Matthew C. Fisher Imperial College London
Shabbar Jaffar
Shabbar Jaffar University College London
Nelesh P. Govender
Nelesh P. Govender National Health Laboratory Service
John R. Perfect
John R. Perfect Duke University
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town
Nicholas J. White
Nicholas J. White Mahidol University
Robin C. May
Robin C. May University of Birmingham

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