Spot Dx — What’s round, red and itching all over?
A 68-year-old Caucasian woman presents with a two-year history of an erythematous and intensely pruritic rash that she thinks is psoriasis. Test your clinical know-how…
Tag: Antifungal
Medical Must-See: Aussie woman’s rare ‘black fungus’ bowel infection
It was a lucky, albeit long and arduous, escape for a 63-year-old woman in Adelaide after she became one of only seven cases of gastrointestinal…
Medical Must-See: Perforated palate points to rare fungal infection
A spicy meal was a harbinger of more pain to come for one unfortunate teen in China, who was diagnosed with a rare fungal infection…
‘Emerging in the shadows’: Treatment-resistant fungal pathogens on the rise
The war on superbugs, though not the longest conflict in human history, is certainly unique in its seemingly paradoxical scale — a global war in…
Longer antifungal course protects against chronic pulmonary aspergillosis relapse
Review of current treatment guidelines is warranted, researchers say.
Antifungal eases vulvodynia, suggests pilot study
Itraconazole cut pain by 60% in women with fungus-culture-negative vulvodynia, report US researchers.
