La neumonía por Pneumocystis jirovecii (PCP) es una de las infecciones más frecuentes en la población con VIH. Antes de que la terapia antirretroviral (TARV) se volviera habitual, la mortalidad por PCP era excepcionalmente alta si conducía a falla respiratoria, con una mortalidad intrahospitalaria de 80%. Con el advenimiento de la TARV, las tasas de […]
LIFE Worldwide lanza un renovado curso de Microscopía Fúngica.
LIFE Worldwide anuncia el re-lanzamiento de su popular curso de microscopía fúngica – www.microfungi.net – en colaboración con el Fideicomiso de Infección Fúngica y la Universidad de Manchester. El nuevo sitio web presenta contenido actualizado, navegación mejorada y más recursos visuales agregados a los módulos 1 y 2 – con trabajo adicional planificado para revisar los módulos […]
Cómo minimizar el riesgo de adquirir una mucormicosis a través de la ropa de cama del hospital
A menudo se ha pensado que las sábanas que se utilizan en los hospitales sanitarias contienen esporas de Mucorales, que presentan un peligro para la salud de las personas con sistemas inmunológicos comprometidos. Los mucorales son hongos ambientales que habitan el suelo, la vegetación y el compost. Las esporas se dispersan fácilmente, por lo que […]
LIFE Worldwide lanza la nueva versión en español de su portal de educación sobre la enfermedad fúngica
Para apoyar el estudio de la enfermedad fúngica, LIFE Worldwide ha creado un nuevo portal educativo en español. Este nuevo recurso está dirigido a estudiantes universitarios y de posgrado, profesionales de la salud, técnicos de laboratorio y cualquier persona con un interés temático en las enfermedades fúngicas. El portal contiene diferentes recursos que incluyen recomendaciones, […]
Histoplasmosis in the United States – new insights and myth busting
A new study carried out by the Mycotic Diseases Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, US is dispelling some of the common myths around histoplasmosis in the US. Previous research has theorised that histoplasmosis is the most common endemic mycosis in the United States and that its distribution is […]
Retrospective study aims to quantify global burden of chromoblastomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is classed as a Neglected Tropical Disease and the global burden for this infection has never before been classified. This new study considers published literature from 1914 to 2020. Over this period, a total of 7,740 patients with CBM were identified on all continents except Antarctica. Of these cases the authors identified 4,022 […]
Reports of echinocandin-resistant Candida auris in healthcare settings
The Centers for Disease Control is calling Candida auris a ‘global emerging threat’. Pan-resistant C. auris isolates have been reported previously, although rarely, from the United States. Echinocandins are critical for treatment of C. auris infections and are recommended as first-line therapy for most invasive Candida infections, but the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network has detected independent clusters of pan-resistant or echinocandin-resistant […]
Antifungal agents in biopolymer hydrogel wound dressing
A team from Wolverhampton, UK and Zabrze, Poland have made some interesting discoveries when using hydrogel as a method to administer antifungals within wound dressings. Wounds from various sources that have been in a prolonged state of irritation and rubor, with a high degree of exudate, are decidedly prone to becoming infected by various opportunistic […]
COVID-19 reverses gains in survival rates of HIV patients
Guatemala’s leading HIV centre reported that deaths from HIV rose from 16.6% to 27.3% during COVID-19. Just published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases – Narda Medina and colleagues charted the provision of HIV care in Guatemala and how the global pandemic has affected diagnosis and treatment. Patient attendances and rapid services were also […]
Turkish review of mucormycosis in children shows high mortality rate and importance of urgent evaluation when infection is suspected
A new paper published by the Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine in Adana, Turkey, re-examines historical cases of mucormycosis in children. Mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection with poor health outcomes. This infection is of particular interest due to its links to increased fatalities in the COVID-19 outbreak in India. This retrospective review focuses on […]