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  1. Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis and Its Fungal Species in Eastern Mediterranean: A Systematic Review

    Article • Journal de Mycologie Médicale, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  2. Is There a Risk of Developing Toxic Shock Syndrome and Vaginal Infections by Using a Menstrual Cup? A Narrative Review

    Article • Current Women s Health Reviews, March 2026, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  3. Insights into Persian Gulf Beach Sand Mycobiomes: Promises and Challenges in Fungal Diversity

    Article • Journal of Fungi, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Javad Javidnia, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Dr Hamid Badali

  4. Challenges and Opportunities in the Application of CRISPR-Cas9: A Review on Genomic Editing and Therapeutic Potentials

    Article • Medical Principles and Practice, July 2025, Karger Publishers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  5. Investigating the susceptibility profiles and in vitro combinations of caspofungin, itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, clotrimazole, and amphotericin B against clinical isolates causing fungal keratitis

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  6. Green synthesis and characterization of Ag/CuO nanoparticles: Exploring their antifungal, antimicrobial, and cytotoxic properties

    Article • Environmental Technology & Innovation, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  7. Causative Agents of Fungal Keratitis in Northeastern Iran: A 3-Year Tertiary Care Hospital Study

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2025, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  8. Green Synthesis of Bismuth Nanoparticles Using Candida albicans and C. glabrata, Along with an Evaluation of Their Antifungal Effects

    Article • BioNanoScience, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  9. Unusual Presentation of a Rare Disease: A Case Report of Fungal Necrotizing Otitis Media and Mastoiditis

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  10. The first report of rhinosinusitis by Rhizopus delemar in a patient with severe COVID-19 in Iran: a case report

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  11. Inhibitory effect of Nigella sativa oil loaded to liposomal nanocarriers on Candida parapsilosis isolates

    Article • Iranian Journal of Microbiology, August 2024, Knowledge E

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  12. Epidemiology of Candidemia in Mashhad, Northeast Iran: A Prospective Multicenter Study (2019–2021)

    Article • Journal of Fungi, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  13. Inappropriate treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus flavus in susceptible pediatric patients: a case series

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  14. The Prevalence, Predisposing Factors, and Outcomes of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia among Pediatric Inpatients, Northeastern Iran

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, June 2024, Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  15. Molecular Epidemiology and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile in Nakaseomyces glabrata Species Complex: A 5‐Year Countrywide Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, May 2024, Wiley

    Javad Javidnia, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Dr Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi

  16. Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA Registry

    Article • Haematologica, April 2024, Ferrata Storti Foundation (Haematologica)

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  17. COVID-19 associated candidemia: From a shift in fungal epidemiology to a rise in azole drug resistance

    Article • Medical Mycology, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  18. The Prevalence of Non-albicans Candida and Candida Mixed-species in Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in Northeast Iran

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, March 2024, IMR Press

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  19. Designing and Synthesis of an Anti-Candida parapsilosis Thymoquinone Lipid Formulation

    Article • Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, December 2023, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  20. Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) fruit extract and assessment of their cytotoxicity and photocatalytic applications

    Article • Environmental Technology & Innovation, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  21. Antifungal activity of three different varieties of Capsicum annuum against clinical isolates of Candida species

    Article • Tropical Diseases Travel Medicine and Vaccines, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  22. Inhibitory Effect Evaluation of <em>Nigella sativa</em> Oil Loaded to Liposomal Nanocarriers against<em> Candida parapsilosis</em> Isolates

    Article • June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  23. The effect of synbiotic adjunct therapy on clinical and paraclinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients: A randomized placebo‐controlled trial

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  24. Vaginitis Due to Pichia fermentans in a Patient Affected by Endometrial Cancer: A Novel Case Report

    Article • Current Women s Health Reviews, November 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  25. Five Years Surveillance Study of Clinical and Environmental Triazole‐Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates in Iran

    Article • Mycoses, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Fatemeh Ahangarkani, mahdi abastabar, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Dr Hamid Badali

  26. Iranian National Survey on Tinea Capitis: Antifungal Susceptibility Profile, Epidemiological Characteristics, and Report of Two Strains with a Novel Mutation in SQLE Gene with Homology Modeling

    Article • Mycopathologia, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Javad Javidnia, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  27. Molecular identification and genotyping of Acanthamoeba spp., in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from immunocompetent patients with chronic respiratory disorders (CRD)

    Article • Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde Parasitology Research, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  28. Impact of a health educational interventional program on reducing the head lice infestation among pupils in an elementary school of a sub-tropical region: a quasi-experimental study

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  29. In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Miltefosine against a Collection of Azole and Echinocandins Resistant Fusarium Strains

    Article • Journal of Fungi, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Dr Hamid Badali

  30. The emergence of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a review of cases from 18 countries

    Article • The Lancet Microbe, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  31. Green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles and evaluate their effect on the expression of ERG3, ERG11 and FKS1 antifungal resistance genes in Candida albicans and Candida glabrata

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  32. First report of emerged pulmonary lophomoniasis in two Afghanian medical tourists

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  33. First report of Lophomonas infection in a patient with AML‐2 from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran

    Article • Respirology Case Reports, January 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  34. Interventional Effect of Nanosilver Paint on Fungal Load of Indoor Air in a Hospital Ward

    Article • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, December 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  35. Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans for antifungal applications

    Article • Micro & Nano Letters, November 2021, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  36. Discovery of New Trichophyton Members, T. persicum and T. spiraliforme spp. nov., as a Cause of Highly Inflammatory Tinea Cases in Iran and Czechia

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, October 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  37. Antimycobacterial, Anticancer, Antioxidant and Photocatalytic Activity of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles Using Berberis Integerrima

    Article • Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions A Science, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  38. First report of invasive Aspergillus rhinosinusitis in a critically ill COVID‐19 patient affected by acute myeloid leukemia, northeastern Iran

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  39. Evaluation and comparison of the effects of biosynthesized selenium and silver nanoparticles using plant extracts with antifungal drugs on the growth of Aspergillus and Candida species

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  40. The effect of biosynthesized selenium nanoparticles on the expression of CYP51A and HSP90 antifungal resistance genes in Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus

    Article • Biotechnology Progress, September 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  41. Molecular Diversity of Aspergilli in Two Iranian Hospitals

    Article • Mycopathologia, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  42. Impact of a Health Educational Interventional Program on Reducing the Head Lice Infestation Among Pupils in an Elementary School of a Sub-Tropical Region

    Article • May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  43. Successful treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a child affected by systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report from Northeastern Iran

    Article • Clinical Case Reports, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  44. Diversity of Geophilic Dermatophytes Species in the Soils of Iran; The Significant Preponderance of Nannizzia fulva

    Article • Journal of Fungi, April 2021, MDPI AG

    mahdi abastabar, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  45. In vitro antifungal susceptibility patterns of Trichophytonbenhamiae complex isolates from diverse origin

    Article • Mycoses, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Prof Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi

  46. Candidemia among Iranian Patients with Severe COVID-19 Admitted to ICUs

    Article • Journal of Fungi, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  47. Green synthesis of colloidal selenium nanoparticles in starch solutions and investigation of their photocatalytic, antimicrobial, and cytotoxicity effects

    Article • Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  48. Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans and comparison of their effects with antifungal drugs

    Article • February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  49. Antifungal Activities of Curcuminoids and Difluorinated Curcumin Against Clinical Dermatophyte Isolates

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  50. Antifungal Activity of Curcuminoids and Difluorinated Curcumin Against Clinical Isolates of Candida Species

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  51. MixInYeast: A Multicenter Study on Mixed Yeast Infections

    Article • Journal of Fungi, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Eric Dannaoui, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Dr Hamid Badali

  52. DNA sequence analysis of keratinophilic fungi isolated from livestock stables in the East of Iran

    Article • Current Medical Mycology, August 2020, Negah Scientific Publisher

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  53. Evaluation of Molecular Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Antifungal Susceptibility Profiles, and Molecular Mechanisms of Antifungal Resistance of Iranian Candida parapsilosis Species Complex Blood Isolates

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2020, Frontiers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  54. Disseminated phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cyphellophora ludoviensis: A novel case report from Iran

    Article • Australasian Journal of Dermatology, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  55. Evaluation of Antifungal and Photocatalytic Activities of Gelatin-Stabilized Selenium Oxide Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  56. Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: The Causative Agents, Clinical Signs and Susceptibility to Fluconazole in Gonabad City, Northeast Iran

    Article • Current Women s Health Reviews, January 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  57. Genetic diversity and antifungal susceptibility patterns of Aspergillus nidulans complex obtained from clinical and environmental sources

    Article • Mycoses, November 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, mahdi abastabar, Dr Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi

  58. Corrigendum: Molecular characterization and antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida nivariensis from blood samples – an Iranian multicentre study and a review of the literature

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  59. Discrimination of Aspergillus flavus from Aspergillus oryzae by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight (MALDI‐TOF) mass‐spectrometry

    Article • Mycoses, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, mahdi abastabar, Dilara Ogunc, Dr Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi

  60. Molecular Identification, Genotypic Diversity, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Clinical Outcomes of Infections Caused by Clinically Underrated Yeasts, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida metapsilosis: An Iranian Multicenter Study (2014–2019)

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, July 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  61. Perspectives on Scedosporium species and Lomentospora prolificans in lung transplantation: Results of an international practice survey from ESCMID fungal infection study group and study group for infectio...

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Jens Gottlieb

  62. Epidemiology of dermatophytosis in northeastern Iran; A subtropical region

    Article • Current Medical Mycology, June 2019, Knowledge E

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  63. Corrigendum: Comparison of 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX, MALDI-TOF MS, and rDNA Sequencing for a Wide Range of Clinically Isolated Yeast Species: Improved Identification by Combining 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX as an Alternative Strategy for Developing ...

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, May 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  64. Unusual vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite in a girl from a tropical area: A case report

    Article • Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, April 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  65. Low Level of Antifungal Resistance in Iranian Isolates of Candida glabrata Recovered from Blood Samples in a Multicenter Study from 2015 to 2018 and Potential Prognostic Values of Genotyping and Sequencing of PDR1

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  66. Molecular characterization and antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida nivariensis from blood samples – an Iranian multicentre study and a review of the literature

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  67. Detection of ERG11 point mutations in Iranian fluconazoleresistant Candida albicans isolates

    Article • Current Medical Mycology, March 2019, Knowledge E

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  68. Comparison of 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX, MALDI-TOF MS, and rDNA Sequencing for a Wide Range of Clinically Isolated Yeast Species: Improved Identification by Combining 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX as an Alternative Strategy for Developing Countries

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, February 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  69. Fungal biofilms in sinonasal polyposis: The role of fungal agents is notable?

    Article • Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Medicine and Pathology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  70. OUP accepted manuscript

    Article • Medical Mycology, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  71. Isolation and identification of Acanthamoeba from pond water of parks in a tropical and subtropical region in the Middle East, and its relation with physicochemical parameters

    Article • BMC Microbiology, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  72. Kinetics of antifungal activity of home-generated ozonated Water on Candida albicans

    Article • Current Medical Mycology, October 2018, Knowledge E

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  73. In-vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of lanoconazole and luliconazole against Aspergillus flavus as an important agent of invasive aspergillosis

    Article • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, mahdi abastabar, Dr Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi

  74. Mucormycosis in Iran: A six-year retrospective experience

    Article • Journal de Mycologie Médicale, June 2018, Elsevier

    KOICHI MAKIMURA, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  75. 2 / Predominance of non-fumigatus Aspergillus species among patients suspected to pulmonary aspergillosis in a tropical and subtropical region

    Article • May 2018, Morressier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  76. Predominance of non- fumigatus Aspergillus species among patients suspected to pulmonary aspergillosis in a tropical and subtropical region of the Middle East

    Article • Microbial Pathogenesis, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  77. Naegleria species population found in pond water of parks in Mashhad city, Can the physicochemical factors affect it?

    Article • MethodsX, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  78. candiduria due to non-albicans Candida species

    Article • Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Master Alireza esmailzadeh

  79. Identification of fungal causative agents of rhinosinusitis from Mashhad, Iran

    Article • Current Medical Mycology, September 2017, Armenian Green Publishing Co.

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  80. Effect of involved Aspergillus species on galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage of patients with invasive aspergillosis

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  81. Assessment of indoor and outdoor airborne fungi in an Educational, Research and Treatment Center

    Article • Italian Journal of Medicine, June 2016, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  82. High prevalence of clinical and environmental triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Iran: is it a challenging issue?

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, June 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Tahereh Shokohi, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar, Dr Hamid Badali

  83. Rapid detection of Candida species in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with pulmonary symptoms

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  84. Black Aspergillus species isolated from clinical and environmental samples in Iran

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, November 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  85. Detection of Aspergillus flavus and A. fumigatus in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants and Patients with Hematological Malignancies by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction and Mycologi...

    Article • Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, December 2014, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  86. The Prevalence of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens of Lung Transplant Recipients Examined by the Nested PCR

    Article • Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, September 2014, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Dr. Younes Mohammadi, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  87. In VitroActivities of Eight Antifungal Drugs against 104 Environmental and Clinical Isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Jacques F Meis, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  88. First report of rhinosinusitis caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum in Iran

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  89. Detection of Toxoplasma gondii from Clinical Specimens of Patients Receiving Renal Transplant Using ELISA and PCR

    Article • Nephro-Urology Monthly, November 2013, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Mr Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  90. Use of Mycological, nested PCR, and Real-time PCR Methods on BAL Fluids for Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

    Article • Mycopathologia, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    KOICHI MAKIMURA, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  91. Distribution of Malassezia Species in Patients with Pityriasis versicolor Compared with Healthy Individuals in Yazd, Iran

    Article • Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, September 2013, Kowsar Medical Institute

    Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar

  92. Incidence of Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Correlation of Conventional Diagnostic Methods with Nested PCR and Real-Time PCR Assay Using BAL Fluid in Intensive Care Unit Patients

    Article • Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, May 2013, Wiley

    KOICHI MAKIMURA, Dr. Hossein Zarrinfar