Yeast Infections

  • Taking Mating Cues from Many Sources, Pathogen Adapts to Thrive and Infect
    The success of a fungal pathogen in becoming a persistent and opportunistic source of infection in human beings may be due to a mating strategy that can best be described as "don't be too choosy." A new Brown University study finds that Candida albicans will respond to the ...More
    January 25, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Lemongrass Essential Oil Shown to be Effective Against Candida albicans
    Use of essential oils for controlling Candida albicans growth has gained significance due to the resistance acquired by pathogens toward a number of widely used drugs. Tyagi and Malik (2010) sought to test the antifungal activity of selected essential oils against Candida ...More
    November 12, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Tracking Down Pathogenic Yeasts
    More than half of all people are hosts to Candida albicans in their bodies. This species might be located on their skin or mucous membranes or in the intestines – frequently without causing any symptoms. However, it can be dangerous to patients whose immunological system ...More
    September 28, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Research Team Uncovers Key to Stopping the Growth of Thrush
    A University of Oklahoma research team has uncovered a key to arresting the growth of thrush—a type of oral yeast infection that sickens patients with compromised immune systems, diabetes and newborns as well as healthy individuals, who may contract the disease following ...More
    September 24, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Treating Fungal Infections with Vitamin B3
    Scientists from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have identified vitamin B3 as a potential antifungal treatment. ...More
    July 8, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Wet Breathing System Filters Transmit Microbes
    Researchers have highlighted potential problems with the breathing system filters used in anesthesia, including intensive care units, after demonstrating that they don't provide protection from harmful bacteria and yeast when they become wet. ...More
    July 7, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Fighting Fungal Infections With Bacteria
    A bacterial pathogen can communicate with yeast to block the development of drug-resistant yeast infections, say Irish scientists writing in the May issue of Microbiology. The research could be a step towards new strategies to prevent hospital-acquired infections associated ...More
    May 1, 2010
    Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
  • Infectious Disease Specialists Surveyed on What Drives Prescribing in Severe Candida Infections in the Hospital Setting
    Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, finds that the most important drug attributes surveyed infectious disease specialists seek in a drug to treat severe Candida infections in the ...More
    March 4, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New Compounds May Control Deadly Fungal Infections
    An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs. The associated cost to the U.S. healthcare system has been estimated at $1 billion a year. Now two Syracuse University scientists have ...More
    December 22, 2009
    Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
  • Researchers Take Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections
    A team of researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park has developed a new model system to study fungal infections. The system can be a powerful tool for screening potential drug targets for conditions like ...More
    November 20, 2009
    Posted in News
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