Fungal Infections

  • Tea Tree Oil and Silver Together Make More Effective Antiseptics
    In the fight against infected skin wounds, mixing tea tree oil and silver or putting them in liposomes, (small spheres made from natural lipids), greatly increases their antimicrobial activity and may minimize any side effects.Wan Li Low and colleagues from the University ...More
    March 30, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Look to Marine Sponges to Beat Antibiotic Resistance
    No matter how sophisticated modern medicine becomes, common ailments like fungal infections can outrun the best of the world's antibiotics. In people with compromised immune systems (like premature babies, AIDS victims or those undergoing chemotherapy for cancer) the risk ...More
    February 26, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Visible Mold Puts Infants at Risk for Asthma Development
    Visible mold exposure early in life may be a strong risk factor for early asthma development, but exposure to mold components with no visible mold present may have an opposite effect according to a study published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, ...More
    February 18, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Eradicating Fungi in the Immunocompromised
    Even the most drug-resistant fungi can be eradicated in multiple in vitro and in vivo models using a lethal combination of an antifungal agent and inhibition of the heat shock protein Hsp90, according to a new study by Whitehead Institute and University of Toronto ...More
    February 9, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Nanoemulsion Potent Against Superbugs Killing Cystic Fibrosis Patients
    University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant infections that cause nearly all cystic fibrosis deaths.Cystic ...More
    February 4, 2009
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Scientists Discover How Deadly Fungus Protects Itself
    Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a deadly microbe evades the human immune system and causes disease. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may help scientists ...More
    February 3, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Pursue New Strategy to Treat Common Infection
    Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have successfully tested a genetic strategy designed to improve treatment of human infections caused by the yeast Candida albicans, ranging from diaper rash, vaginitis, oral infections (or thrush, which is common in ...More
    October 27, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Manufacturers of TNF-Blocker Drugs Must Highlight Risk of Fungal Infections
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that the manufacturers of Humira, Cimzia, Enbrel, and Remicade must strengthen the existing warnings, in the Warnings and Precaution sections of the drugs' prescribing information and Medication Guides, on the risk ...More
    September 8, 2008
    Posted in News
  • New Bacterial Species Found in Human Mouth
    Scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria in the mouth. The finding could help scientists to understand tooth decay and gum disease and may lead to better treatments, according to research published in the August issue of the International Journal of Systematic ...More
    August 11, 2008
    Posted in News
  • Weather, Stomach Bugs and Climate Change: Refining the Model
    Monitoring extreme weather, such as periods of high temperature, is one way to predict the timing and intensity of infectious diseases like cryptosporidiosis, an intestinal disease that causes upset stomach and diarrhea. Two public health researchers have created a model ...More
    June 4, 2008
    Posted in News
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