They found that the incidence of CAPA ranged from 0.4% to 2.7%, and CAPA was associated with increased mortality in these patients. They further identified several risk factors associated with CAPA, ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) — If you have been suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms lately (but you don’t have pneumonia), you may have ingested fungal spores that went airborne after dirt around you ...

Severe acute pancreatitis is frequently complicated by hospital-acquired infections that worsen outcomes and prolong intensive care stays. New evidence suggests that modulating the microbiome may ...

Several people were recently infected with a fungal lung infection at an outdoor California music festival. As of Aug. 21, at least 19 people who attended or worked at the "Lightning in a Bottle" ...

Fungal pathogens that live harmlessly on and inside the human body are increasingly defeating the limited arsenal of antifungal drugs, while simultaneously dodging the immune system’s surveillance.

Researchers have discovered that a virus living inside the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus significantly boosts the fungus’s ability to survive stress and cause severe infections in mammals. Removing the ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) remains a challenging multisystem disorder predominately affecting the lungs, where chronic bacterial infections have long been recognised as the major drivers of morbidity and ...