[1–3] Most often these infections are bacterial; rarely is a postepidural injection meningitis case caused by fungi, and when present, fungal infection is often diagnosed only after a patient ...
The Center for Disease Control says a fungal meningitis outbreak has ties to medical facilities in Mexico. Officials estimate nearly 200 Americans may have been exposed to the disease while ...
A CDC advisory group has recommended relaxing infection control protections despite ongoing hospital-acquired Covid19 and ...
US pharmaceutical company, the New England Compounding Center (NECC), is being investigated after a suggested link to a multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak in the US. The NECC was raided after ...
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) is a fungal infection that affects the lungs. Cryptococcosis also affects the lungs, but can also spread to the brain and spinal cord (cryptococcal meningitis).
A positive case of tuberculosis at a daycare within an Omaha YMCA has prompted testing of more than 500 people — including ...
Snydman says that one of the problems with fungal meningitis is that it can be difficult to recognize, but if you can recognize it, anti-fungal medications can be used to treat and hopefully cure ...
