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Pathogenic fungi: Types of fungi that can cause diseases in humans and animals. These fungi have the ability to invade host tissues and can effectively overcome the host’s immune defenses, leading to infections.
PCR: A molecular test used to detect DNA. This type of assay is often used in infectious diseases to detect pathogens including fungi. There are PCR tests that can detect “all fungi” (pan-fungal) or individual fungi (strain-specific).
Pulmonary: Relating to the lungs

The Pediatric Fungal Network STudy of Rare Invasive Fungal DisEases in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients (PFN-STRIDE) is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) through its Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation (DRDRI). PFN-STRIDE is funded under grant number U54AI198184 as a collaboration between NCATS, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This website is hosted by the network’s Data Management and Coordinating Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, which is funded by NCATS and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under grant number TR002818. The content of this website is solely the responsibility of the PFN-STRIDE administrative coordinating center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.