As the number of fungal meningitis cases continues to rise, physicians across the country are faced with how best to provide the early treatment that can save lives. A University of Michigan Health System infectious disease expert is the lead author of a New England Journal of Medicine report...
Meningitis is quickly becoming fall's freaky health scare, but the cause–custom mixed drugs sold by compound pharmacies–isn't a temporary anomaly. In this case, a custom mix of steroids used to treat patient back pain appears to have been contaminated with a fungus that, so far, has caused at...
The spread of existing and emerging fungal diseases in plants and animals poses a threat to global food security and biodiversity, according to a new study whose authors suggest halting fungal rot in the most important crops could feed an extra 600 million people a year...
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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 in whether it causes...
Mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection most commonly caused by a species of fungus known as Rhizopus oryzae. It occurs predominantly in individuals with diabetes, in particular those with the potentially life-threatening complication known as diabetic ketoacidosis. A team of researchers...
...mycelia facilitates this mode.? Describe the fungal mode of nutrition, and explain how the structure of mycelia facilitates this mode.
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my 1 yr old nephew started losing his hair about 3-4 weeks ago. his mom took him to the doc and they said it was a fungal infection or something. they gave him an ointment which didnt seem to help. now he has a bad rash all over his back and an ear infection. took him back to the doc and he...