UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (08/22/2023) —A team of University of Minnesota Medical School researchers successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis. The trial results were published today in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The research team tested a new oral formulation of the antifungal medication amphotericin among people...
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How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries
By Lauren J. Young on May 22, 2023 A plate culture of the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Credit: Dr. William Kaplan/Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Editor’s Note (6/6/23): Public health laboratories in the U.S. and Mexico have now detected the fungus Fusarium solani from cerebrospinal fluid in some patients affected by the fungal meningitis outbreak described in this article. As of June 1, the U.S....
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Fungal meningitis spreads by blocking and bursting blood vessels
by University of Sheffield Infected brain blood vessels (purple containing yellow) with spread of infection into the brain (dark spaces containing yellow). Credit: University of Sheffield New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis starts. The study, published...