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Discovering antifungals with novel mechanisms of action is essential in the fight against drug-resistant fungi, which pose a serious concern for public health. However, progress on new antifungals is ...

Fungal infections may not be as common as bacterial or viral infections, but they can still be deadly. And the deadliest pathogenic fungi, such as Candida auris, are becoming increasingly resistant to ...

Director, Molecular Microbiology Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology and Immunoserology Laboratories Nationwide Children's Hospital Associate Professor - Clinical, College of Medicine, The Ohio ...

PR is a papulosquamous dermatosis. Classically, the condition presents with a single large lesion (herald patch). Within a few days to a few weeks, multiple additional smaller lesions appear along the ...

Macrolides are commonly used in the treatment of community-acquired RTIs. However, evidence from surveillance studies has demonstrated a high prevalence of pneumococcal macrolide resistance and this ...