Fungal Diseases News

BOSTON — The Infectious Diseases Society of America is focused on growing the ID workforce and increasing opportunities for its members, its new president told Healio at IDWeek.

BOSTON — Mechanically ventilated patients in long-term care facilities are far more likely to be colonized by Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris than those in acute-care facilities, a study found.

A recent survey showed moderate to high adherence for antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring adherence, though there was room for improvement, specifically when using certain antifungals as prophylaxis.

IDWeek relaxed its COVID-19 policies this year, no longer requiring that attendees wear a mask or provide proof of vaccination.

Investigational antifungal fosmanogepix has been added as a first-line treatment in recommendations penned following the emergence of an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak, researchers said.

Two widely available serum marker blood tests, galactomannan and 1,2-beta-D-glucan, may improve diagnostic sensitivity in cases of invasive fungal infections, according to a study.

I think it was in 1965 — so, a long time ago — that I finished my internship in the U.K. and wanted to do something a little bit more interesting than staying on the usual rotation through jobs.

For the latest story in our “Life during COVID” series, we asked experts to describe the impact the pandemic has had on patient health and the practice of medicine in the United States.

Only a handful of commonly used disinfectants — primarily chlorine-based disinfectants — were consistently effective against the four major clades of Candida auris, researchers reported.

An estimated 1 billion people worldwide develop a fungal infection each year. Of these, approximately 1.6 million will die because of their infection, a toll surpassing diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.