Aspergillus conidia (spores) are ubiquitous in the environment and thus unavoidable. In soil and on other vegetative or moist material, aspergillus species exist as saprobes, digesting dead or dying ...

Seattle health officials and Harborview Medical Center staff are investigating the possibility of a fungal infection outbreak ...

How prevalent are fungal infections in the differential diagnosis of chronic sinusitis?—JANICE SKINNER, CRNP, Sykesville, Md. Fungal sinus infections occur primarily in immunosuppressed patients and ...

Aspergillosis is an infection caused by Aspergillus, a fungus naturally present in the environment. Most people come into contact with Aspergillus spores daily without experiencing any health problems ...

Q: My 11-year-old daughter had terrible breath. The dentist said that it wasn't coming from her teeth and referred us to an ENT (ear, nose and throat doctor). The ENT said he suspected that the small ...

After living with a severe fungal allergy for about 40 years, Jill Fairweather is running out of treatment options. Now 65, Fairweather was diagnosed with aspergillosis, a disease caused by the common ...

If you've ever experienced a sinus infection, you're all too familiar with the congestion, discharge, bad breath postnasal drip, headaches, fatigue, fever and pain and pressure in the sinus cavities ...

Aspergillus is a very common fungus. It can grow in many different environments and conditions, including the human body. There are over 200 different species of Aspergillus that we currently know ...

Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more resistant to available drugs, according to research published Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe. The study focused on infections caused by ...

Certain serious fungal infections occur in regions of the United States with specific environments and are often tied to soil ...

Strains of Aspergillus are already in the U.S. but are expected to expand. Climate change may be putting millions more people at risk from an infection-causing fungi, which is likely spreading due to ...

Symptoms of a sinus infection include fever, headache, congestion, runny nose, pus in the nasal cavity and tooth pain. But while it’s easy to blame the weather for your sinus infection, there are ...