Health Rounds: Experimental antibiotic kills drug-resistant fungi
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Fungal spores of the mold Aspergillus fumigatus produce an enzyme that weakens the immune system
Aspergillus fumigatus is a mold that is found all over the world. Unlike closely related species, it can cause serious, often ...
Deadly mold strains highly likely to acquire resistance to new drugs
Scientists have identified strains of one of the world's most dangerous fungal pathogens, already resistant to our most effective antifungal drugs, which are also five times more likely to acquire ...
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Newfound bacterial compound kills fungi that are resistant to multiple antifungals
As fungi resistant to traditional treatments continue to spread around the globe, researchers from China Pharmaceutical ...
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: Challenges in Diagnosis
Needle aspiration of this lesion revealed hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus. The chest x-rays of patients with ABPA may demonstrate transient infiltrates resulting from mucoid impactions and ...
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Diagnosis of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: A Case-Based Approach
fumigatus and a chest radiograph along with ... ABPA: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; GINA: Global initiative for asthma. Adapted with permission from [7]. ABPA-S Fulfils the diagnostic ...
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Why drying washing indoors can pose a health threat
Experts have found that clothes put on drying frames or draped over warm radiators raise moisture levels in our homes by up to 30 per cent, creating ideal breeding conditions for mould spores – and ...