Fungal infections are becoming deadlier as drug resistance spreads and treatment options stall. Researchers at McMaster University discovered that a molecule called butyrolactol A can dramatically ...

Researchers devised a way to deliver drugs across the brain’s protective barrier using nanoparticles mimicking a fungal ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to make existing antifungal drugs work again against deadly, drug-resistant fungi. Fungal infections claim millions of lives worldwide each year, and current medical ...

Fungal infections kill millions of people each year, and modern medicine is struggling to keep up. But researchers at ...

Ultimately, the goal is to find ways to stop deadly disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans from developing in humans and animals. But until that time, finding new and better ways to treat already ...

In a recent study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers examined metabolite-drug-fungal interactions in the fungal meningitis pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Antibiotic resistance refers to ...

In normal sterile fluids such as blood and cerebrospinal fluid, Candida growth is indicative of infection, but in specimens such as sputum, bronchial secretions, and urine that during collection pass ...

HIV is the most likely cause of cutaneous cryptococcoma, although this patient has no risk factors for the disease. Skin lesions are typical manifestations of disseminated disease in HIV with a ...