Clinical cases of Candida auris, an emerging fungus considered an urgent threat, rose sharply in 2021. Date: March 20, 2023 Source: CNN Health Author: Janelle [...]
Whole-genome sequencing revealed the spread of MRSA strains among patients, health care workers and the environment, including within — and even between — ICUs, according [...]
In their desperation, doctors and patients have been using an array of antimicrobial products in a manner that will lead to more harm than [...]
Three patients with Candida auris resistant to all three classes of antifungals commonly prescribed for the illness have been identified through active and ongoing surveillance [...]
Three chronically ill patients in New York were identified as having pan-resistant C. auris after receipt of antifungal medications. No transmission of the pan-resistant isolates [...]
A series of breakthroughs in our understanding of the links between infections and cancer in the past 60 years has been accompanied by increasing prospects [...]
2.2 million new cases worldwide Date: January 6, 2020 Source: Healio.com Infectious Disease News Author: de Martel C, et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Excerpt: [...]
Understanding how ABR evolves and spreads is key to improving antibiotic treatment strategies. Date: Sep 13, 2109 Source: Science Author: R. Craig MacLean, Alvaro San [...]
Pathogenic yeast's mechanisms of transmission may be via skin. Date: June 23, 2019 Source: Healio Infectious Disease News Excerpt: "Patients colonized with Candida auris carry [...]
Drug-resistant diseases cause at least 700,000 deaths globally a year, including 230,000 deaths from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, according to the report, which was published Monday. In the [...]