Infection Control Today - Fungal Infections

Research Discovers That Potentially Deadly Fungus Senses Body's Defenses to Evade Them

Glen Palmer, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology, immunology and parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, was part of an international research team led by Luigina Romani, MD, at the University of Perugia, that discovered opportunistic fungi like Candida ...More

February 22, 2012

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Invasive Fungal Infections Among Ventilated HSCT Patients in the ICU

Invasive fungal infection (IFI) is associated with high morbidity and high mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients. Chen-Yiu Hung, of the Department of Thoracic Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, and colleagues, sought ...More

February 22, 2012

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Powerful Drug's Surprising, Simple Method Could Lead to Better Treatments

With one simple experiment, University of Illinois chemists have debunked a widely held misconception about an often-prescribed drug. Led by chemistry professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute early career scientist Martin Burke, the researchers demonstrated that the ...More

January 17, 2012

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Disease-Causing Strains of Fusarium Prevalent in Plumbing Drains

A study examining the prevalence of the fungus Fusarium in bathroom sink drains suggests that plumbing systems may be a common source of human infections. ...More

December 22, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Infections & Pathogens

Report Highlights Impact of Medical Misdiagnosis of TB and Fungal Infection

Researchers have discovered that more than 1 million people worldwide diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) go on to develop an incurable but manageable fungal infection which is usually left untreated because it is mistaken for a recurrence of the disease. In a new report ...More

December 1, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Same Conditions, Different Outcome in Fungal Infection

Cryptococcus neoformans is a life-threatening human fungal pathogen that is responsible for an estimated 1 million cases of meningitis each year, primarily in HIV-infected and other immunocompromised patients. Interaction with immune cells called macrophages is a key step ...More

September 1, 2011

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Investigators Report on Five Years of Surveillance for Invasive Aspergillosis

As the most common invasive fungal infection, invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains a serious complication in immunocompromised patients, leading to increased mortality. Antifungal therapy is expensive and may result in severe adverse effects. Karolin Graf, of the Institute ...More

August 25, 2011

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene

Researchers Study How Fungus Acquires Nutrients

While the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans can produce its own glucose during the initial establishment of infection, it inevitably needs to live off the glucose stored in its host to persist and cause disease. C. neoformans is an emerging fungal pathogen of humans ...More

July 21, 2011

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Surveillance for Invasive Aspergillosis is Key in High-Risk Patients

As the most common invasive fungal infection, invasive aspergillosis (IA) remains a serious complication in immunocompromised patients, leading to increased mortality. Antifungal therapy is expensive and may result in severe adverse effects. Karolin Graf, of the Institute ...More

June 8, 2011

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Drug-Resistance Fears for Deadly Fungal Disease

Deadly human fungal infections caused by certain strains of Aspergillus fungi appear to be developing resistance to current drug treatments at an alarming rate, say scientists. University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in Newark, N.J., have developed a ...More

May 5, 2011

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