A dermatophyte known as Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) has been identified as the cause of an emerging sexually transmitted fungal infection in four adults in the United States, according to a paper published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). TMVII is a sexually transmitted fungus that causes genital tinea; the fungus might...
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Deadly Fungal Infection ‘Candida Auris’ Spreading In US Rapidly: All You Need To Know
Doctors caution that infection can be potentially hazardous due to its high fatality rate, drug resistance, and its ability to easily spread in healthcare facilitiesWorld NewsEdited by Anoushka SharmaUpdated: February 04, 2024 12:37 pm ISTAccording to the Centres for Disease Control (CDC), it can cause infections in different parts of the body such as in...
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Washington faces first outbreak of a deadly fungal infection that’s on the rise in the U.S.
Aria Bendix and Joe Murphy Four people in Washington state have tested positive this month for a rare fungal infection that can be deadly. It’s the state’s first known outbreak of the fungus, called Candida auris, according to Seattle and King County health officials, though one locally acquired case was detected there in July. The...
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RNA molecules with no apparent function represent a new therapeutic approach against fungal infection by Candida
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE (IRB BARCELONA) IMAGE: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF ALL PAIRWISE INTRACHROMOSOMAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LNCRNAS OF THE STUDIED SPECIES. CREDIT: IRB BARCELONA Barcelona, 16 December, 2021- Fungi of the Candida genus cause diseases such as vaginal candidiasis (highly prevalent but not serious) and systemic candidiasis (rare but can be fatal in immunocompromised patients). Although some...
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Deadly coronavirus-triggered fungal infection reported in India
By Yaron Steinbuch Spores of the Mucormycosis fungus Universal Images Group via Getty Images India has experienced a disturbing outbreak of a coronavirus-triggered fungal infection, which has a mortality rate of almost 50 percent — and can lead to blindness and the removal of the nose and jaw, according to local reports. The Gujarat Health Department...