A new lateral-flow test could one day save lives across the world through early detection of a deadly fungal disease that dramatically spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. An invisible intruder puts ...

Aspergillus fumigatus can be found almost everywhere - in soil, compost or in the air. It is usually harmless for healthy people. However, in patients with a weakened immune system, it can cause ...

Aspergillosis is a silent fungal lung infection affecting millions worldwide, often misdiagnosed due to symptoms resembling ...

A lingering cough is often blamed on asthma or past tuberculosis, but experts warn that a lesser-known fungal lung disease ...

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a progressive fungal infection of the lung that poses significant clinical challenges worldwide. Characterised by slowly progressive cavitary lesions, fibrosis ...

Fungal lung infections, like aspergillosis and cryptococcosis, can look like cancer on X-rays or CT scans. Symptoms such as cough, chest pain, and fever can occur in both fungal infections and lung ...

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, ...

The show is over for Pulmocide’s phase 3 trial after patients who received its investigational inhaled antifungal had lower response rates and a higher number of deaths than those in the control arm.