Multimodal dual-imaging-derived biomarkers for unravelling host response from lung disease progression in cystic lung fibrosis, infection and therapy. KU Leuven
Fungal infections in a context of pre-existing immunodeficiency or lung disease are often life-threatening complications, but our knowledge on the interplay of pathogen and host factors involved still contains important therapeutic, methodological and fundamental gaps. Resistance against current antifungal therapy urges us to find alternatives. Host factors inhibit or facilitate infection dissemination, and we lack insight in this paradoxical ...