Real-Time PCR Detection of the Basidiomycetous Fungus <b><i>Bjerkandera adusta</i></b>: A Tool to Identify Itraconazole Responder Patients with Unexplained Chronic Cough

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Filamentous basidiomycetes (f-BMs) are involved in some unexplained chronic cough (UCC) cases that can be improved by the administration of antifungal agents. The disease concept was termed fungus-associated chronic cough (FACC). The current diagnostic criteria warrant environmental fungi isolation from respiratory specimens, which is hardly conceivable for such fungi....