Solving a decades-long puzzle in leishmaniasis drug development
A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs ...
Tag: Antifungal
Study links fungal heteroresistance to fatal bloodstream infections in bone marrow transplant patients
Emory researcher David Weiss has spent years studying a baffling phenomenon called heteroresistance, in which a tiny fraction of bacteria ...
Novel antifungal medications urgently needed to control COVID-19-associated fungal infections
Every day we inhale thousands of potentially pathogenic fungal spores, but our immune system simply eliminates them. However, in people ...
COVID-19 pandemic pushes back years of progress made in fighting antimicrobial resistance
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed back years of progress made in combating antimicrobial resistance (AR) in the United States. The report ...
