News tagged with antifungal drugs


Nearly 5 million asthmatics could benefit from antifungal therapy

An estimated 4,837,000 asthmatics with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) could benefit substantially from antifungal treatment, say researchers from The University of Manchester and the University of Toronto.

Inflammatory disorders created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combo therapy helps knock out fungal meningitis

(HealthDay)— A drug regimen containing two powerful antifungal medicines—amphotericin B and flucytosine—reduced the risk of dying from cryptococcal meningitis by 40 percent compared to treatment with ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

International warning issued on drug-resistance from agricultural fungicides

The European Centre for Disease Control has today announced it is examining current evidence for the possible environmental origin of drug resistance in a group of diseases known as Aspergillus infection, following Manchester ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists debate CDC recommendations during meningitis outbreak

A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Neutrons help explain why antibiotics prescribed for chemotherapy cause kidney failure

Neutron scattering experiments have provided new insights into the origin of the side effects of an antifungal drug prescribed all over the world. The analysis conducted by scientists at King's College London ...

Medical research created Oct 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Meningitis victims face long, uncertain recovery

(AP)—Vilinda York lies in her Florida hospital bed, facing a dry-erase board that lists in green marker her name, her four doctors and a smiley face.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

What we know and don't know about fungal meningitis outbreak

In a new perspective piece being published Online First tonight in Annals of Internal Medicine, a physician recalls lessons learned from treating patients affected by the 2002 outbreak of Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis meningi ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common antifungal drug decreases tumor growth and shows promise as cancer therapy

An inexpensive antifungal drug, thiabendazole, slows tumor growth and shows promise as a chemotherapy for cancer. Scientists in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin made this ...

Cancer created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study explains duality of longevity drug rapamycin

A Penn- and MIT-led team explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin resistance. The researchers showed in an animal model that they could, in principle, separate the effects, which depend ...

Medical research created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast