Afghanistan finds deadly fungal infection in COVID patients
Afghanistan's health minister says a deadly fungal infection known as “black fungus’ that first surfaced in Indian COVID-19 patients has been detected in Afghanistan, which is in the middle of a brutal third wave of the coronavirus (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Covid ‘perfect storm’ as more patients hit by fungal infections
Weakened lungs and immune systems make people increasingly vulnerable, warn scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA rash of cases of a rare “black fungus” infection affecting thousands of critically ill Covid patients in India caused alarm last month. Now scientists are warning that other dangerous or even deadly fungal infections have spawned in critically ill coronavirus patients globally, including in the UK.Fungi are ubiquitous – in soil, water, air, faeces and human skin. Usually, people ’s elaborate, adaptive immune systems are enough of a repellent but when that shield ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Natalie Grover Science correspondent Tags: Infectious diseases Coronavirus Medical research Science World news Global health India UK news US news Microbiology South and Central Asia Fungi Source Type: news
How two California hospitals prevented the spread of a deadly fungal infection during the pandemic
(Association for Professionals in Infection Control) In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, infection preventionists at two Southern California hospitals took extreme measures to stop the spread of a deadly fungus that has emerged in the U.S. and around the world. The two will detail their proactive responses in oral presentations today at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's (APIC's), 48th Annual Conference. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 29, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
In Oman, fungal infection detected in some COVID-19 patients
Oman says its doctors have detected a potentially fatal fungal infection afflicting some coronavirus patients (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
White spots on nails - the underlying health conditions they could be signalling
WHITE spots on your fingernails are actually rather common and there can be a number of reasons why they might appear. From a fungal infection to a mineral deficiency, Express Health's line of experts delve into the possible causes. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Medicine
(American College of Physicians) Experts suggest limited and careful use of corticosteroids as one of several strategies to curtail the syndemic of mucormycosis, or 'black fungus,' a fungal infection characterized by blackening or discoloration over the face, breathing difficulties, and other serious symptoms, that has recently emerged in India. A commentary from Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Massachusetts Medical School is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
What Are Some Indications for Using Dexamethasone?
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Corticosteroids are a group of drugs which can be naturally or synthetically produced. Naturally occurring substances are produced in the adrenal gland, and are protein-bound (primarily corticosteroid-binding globulin and albumin). In the target tissues, they may need to be converted to an active substance. They are then reduced, oxidized, hydroxylated or conjugated as measures to inactivate them. Synthetic steroids have less protein binding and depending on their structure are more or less resistant to inactivation. Prednisone is the glucocorticoid most often used for treatment, especially as it has a short hal...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 7, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Black fungus: Is diabetes behind India's high number of cases?
India has seen rising cases of the serious fungal infection, mostly in Covid patients. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves Brexafemme (ibrexafungerp) as the First and Only Oral Non-Azole Treatment for Vaginal Yeast Infections
JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scynexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX), a biotechnology company pioneering innovative medicines to overcome and prevent difficult-to-treat and drug-resistant fungal infections, today announced that the... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - June 2, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
'Black fungus ’ is creating a whole other health emergency for Covid-stricken India | Ian Schwartz and Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Rates of mucormycosis were high even before the pandemic, and now the country is running out of antifungal drugsCovid-19 has killed millions around the world, but for some who are lucky enough to survive the infection, the nightmare is not over: adding insult to injury are deadly fungal infections that follow in the wake of the virus. Making matters worse, inequities that long predated the pandemic have left some countries without the capacity to combat these serious infections.In India, afungal infection called mucormycosis has emerged in patients with Covid-19. This infection is caused by a group of fungi that are everyw...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 2, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ilan Schwartz and Arunaloke Chakrabarti Tags: Coronavirus India Fungi Biology Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science South and Central Asia World news Source Type: news
Search on for more antifungal drugs: Drug regulator
India ’s drug regulator is examining the use of alternative drugs for the treatment of mucormycosis, the fungal infection which has become the latest health worry, said people with knowledge of the matter. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - June 2, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How antibiotic-filled poop helps 'bessbug' beetles stay healthy
(University of California - Berkeley) Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered that the frass of the horned passalus beetle is teeming with antibiotic and antifungal chemicals similar to the ones that humans use to ward off bacterial and fungal infections. Understanding the symbiotic relationship between bessbug beetles, actinomycetes and their antimicrobial compounds could help speed the search for new antibiotic drugs, and help doctors create better strategies for preventing the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Karnataka makes black fungus test mandatory for Covid patients during hospital discharge
The health department has directed all district hospitals to have a dedicated post-Covid ward. “All Covid recovered patients should either visit this ward a week after their discharge or avail service through tele-consultation to find any trace of fungal infections,” health minister K Sudhakar said. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - May 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thousands of ‘ Black Fungus ’ Cases Reported in COVID - 19 Patients in India
Nearly 9,000 cases of the fungal infection mucormycosis have been reported so far (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - May 25, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infections, Pathology, Pulmonology, Institutional, Source Type: news
Black Fungus is not contagious, says AIIMS Chief
Randeep Guleria said a majority of mucormycosis patients at AIIMS are getting infected by the fungal infection in the early stages of hospitalisation. However, he said mucormycosis was also seen in Covid patients who were never even hospitalised. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - May 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
