New formulation of existing medicines prove highly effective against drug-resistant fungus
(Case Western Reserve University) Spread of Candida auris on skin--a source of deadly infections--can be effectively stopped, according to new Case Western Reserve University research (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Montreal health agency says communications with family were 'incomplete' after woman found dead in ER
After nearly a month of silence, the health agency for Montreal's West Island says it has apologized to the family of Candida Macarine, who died in a room at Lakeshore General Hospital on Feb. 27. Her family says it's not enough. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Fungal species causing candidiasis use distinct infection strategies
(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) - Vaginal candidiasis (commonly known as vaginal thrush) affects 138 million women worldwide each year.- Researchers have studied four Candida species (which account for 90% of candidiasis cases), the pathways they use to infect the vaginal epithelium and the defence mechanisms of this epithelium.- The results of this international collaboration between the group headed by Dr. Toni Gabaldon (IRB Barcelona/BSC) and Dr. Bernhard Hube's laboratory (Hans Knoell Institute/ University of Jena) have been published in the journal Nature Microbiology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 22, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Candida auris Outbreak in a COVID-19 Specialty Care Unit Candida auris Outbreak in a COVID-19 Specialty Care Unit
This report highlight the importance of facilities adhering to recommended infection control and PPE practices and continuing surveillance for pathogens like C. auris during the COVID-19 pandemic.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
APT ™ Formulation Combats Multi-Drug Resistant Candida auris: An...
Candida auris is a multi-drug resistant fungus which can be fatal. There is up to a 55% mortality rate if C. auris enters a patients’ bloodstream. Recent studies conducted at Case Western Reserve...(PRWeb February 25, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/apt_formulation_combats_multi_drug_resistant_candida_auris_an_emerging_global_healthcare_threat/prweb17744919.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 25, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
With All Eyes on Covid-19, Drug-Resistant Infections Crept In
The spread of other dangerous germs is surging — a result, in part, of the chaotic response to the pandemic. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Drug Resistance (Microbial) Candida Auris (Fungus) Hygiene and Cleanliness Bacteria Nursing Homes Infections Hospitals Elder Care Fungi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Peru Source Type: news
Candida auris Outbreak in a COVID-19 Specialty Care Unit - Florida, July-August 2020
This report describes a Candida auris outbreak in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who received care in the same dedicated COVID-19 unit of an acute care hospital. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - January 14, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Coronavirus [CoV] MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Outbreaks Candida auris COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 Source Type: news
What Are Potential Complications of Breast Surgery?
Discussion
Common reasons for seeing a breast surgeon would include management of benign or malignant masses with or without breast reconstruction, breast augmentation, and other reasons can be infection or trauma that need surgical treatment.
The breast is formed starting around the 6th week of gestation by breast buds along the mammary line. Breasts then develop from the downgrowth of epithelia into the mesenchymal tissue, which continues to grow. Around 8-9 months a pit forms as entry into the lactiferous ducts. “Nipple inversion is caused either by failure of the lactiferous ducts to develop and grow during matur...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 14, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
A marine microbiome antifungal targets urgent-threat drug-resistant fungi
New antifungal drugs are urgently needed to address the emergence and transcontinental spread of fungal infectious diseases, such as pandrug-resistant Candida auris. Leveraging the microbiomes of marine animals and cutting-edge metabolomics and genomic tools, we identified encouraging lead antifungal molecules with in vivo efficacy. The most promising lead, turbinmicin, displays potent in vitro and mouse-model efficacy toward multiple-drug–resistant fungal pathogens, exhibits a wide safety index, and functions through a fungal-specific mode of action, targeting Sec14 of the vesicular trafficking pathway. The efficacy...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Zhang, F., Zhao, M., Braun, D. R., Ericksen, S. S., Piotrowski, J. S., Nelson, J., Peng, J., Ananiev, G. E., Chanana, S., Barns, K., Fossen, J., Sanchez, H., Chevrette, M. G., Guzei, I. A., Zhao, C., Guo, L., Tang, W., Currie, C. R., Rajski, S. R., Audhya Tags: Chemistry, Medicine, Diseases reports Source Type: news
In troubled times, a ritual walk can clear the mind and soothe the soul
A pilgrimage is healing because it encourages you to savour the momentCome autumn, as a way of defying the back-to-school doldrums brought on by a rapid shortening of the days, and to mark what feels like the true start of a year, I go on a pilgrimage. This year, more than ever, I crave the slow and steady rhythm of a walking pace, big skies, and cleansing wind and rain to shake off the cobwebs of a long confinement and to break the domestic routines of daily life. I want to connect to my own pumping heart and the natural world around me, re-oxygenate stale lungs and feel the muscles in my legs stretch and work.Since I ’...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 31, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Catherine Fairweather Tags: Walking Life and style Psychology Science Health & wellbeing Fitness Source Type: news
Oral thrush symptoms: Cracked corners of the mouth may be a sign of the fungal infection
ORAL THRUSH occurs when the fungus, Candida albicans - a normal yeast organism found in your mouth - overgrows. What are the signs of this infection? And how do you treat it? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New RefSeq annotations for mouse, maize, sunflower and more!
In August and September, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline released new annotations in RefSeq for the following organisms: Amphiprion ocellaris (clown anemonefish) Anopheles stephensi (Asian malaria mosquito) Aplysia californica (California sea hare) Bactrocera oleae (olive fruit fly) Branchiostoma floridae (Florida lancelet) Egretta garzetta (little egret) Folsomia candida (springtail) Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog) Halichoerus grypus (gray seal) Helianthus … Continue reading New RefSeq annotations for mouse, maize, sunflower and more! → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - October 22, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New eukaryotic genome annotation RefSeq Source Type: news
Live Well By Eating Green Foods
Naturopaths have recommended the use of green foods to enhance the treatment of diseases such asthma candida lupus and HIV (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - October 1, 2020 Category: Disability Tags: Fruit - Vegetables Source Type: news
International screening of the effects of a pathogenic fungus
(Radboud University Medical Center) The pathogenic fungus Candida auris, which first surfaced in 2009, is proving challenging to control. It is resistant to many fungicides and not easy to diagnose. Researchers from Radboud university medical center, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ) and international colleagues have discovered that the human immune system recognizes the fungus well. The study has been able to pin-point the fungus' Achilles heel for new, effective drugs. Meanwhile, the threat posed by this emerging public health pathogen should not be underestimated. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 28, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Candida auris and Carbapenemase-Producing Organism Prevalence in a Pediatric Hospital Providing Long-Term Transitional Care - Chicago, Illinois, 2019
This report describes the prevalence of the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris in a Chicago pediatric hospital that provides long-term care. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - August 27, 2020 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Pediatric Patients Candida auris Source Type: news
