Unraveling the largest outbreak of fungal infections associated with contaminated steroid injections Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe pathologic findings from 40 case reports of fungal infection in patients who had been given contaminated epidural, paraspinal, or intra-articular (into joints) steroid injections and correlate these findings with clinical and laboratory data. The report alerts clinicians and the general public to the catastrophic dangers ...
June 26, 2013 - Science Daily
New-Found Fungus Endangers The Lives Of Dogs And Cats A new fungal infection may spell doom for LOLcats and cute puppies. Researchers have found a fungus that affects cats, dogs and humans with nasty consequences.
June 26, 2013 - Business Insider
New €6.1million project to develop new antifungal agents to treat resistant fungal infections ( University of Manchester ) The University of Manchester and F2G Ltd, a privately-held antifungal drug discovery and development company and today announced the start of a 6.1 million euro EU-funded project to discover and develop novel antifungal drugs to treat serious, life-threatening fungal infections.The NOFUN project is a collaborative project under the 7th Framework Program of the ...
June 26, 2013 - EurekAlert!