Clinicians in the US may be overprescribing topical antifungal treatments for skin infections, potentially exacerbating a growing problem of drug resistance, according to a new study. Last year ...

FOR MANY people, the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance has become synonymous with bacteria that can withstand antibiotics. That conflation makes sense. Bacterial infections kill almost 8m ...

Of the included studies, there were studies comparing the effect of probiotics with conventional antifungal treatments. [31,32] Duo Li et al. reported that oral local antifungal agents (2% sodium ...

Antifungals. Your local drugstore has antifungal creams and lotions you can try. They’re not expensive, but often they’re not strong enough to get rid of the fungus. Sometimes, an infection ...

Last summer, the Food and Drug Administration denied an application for a new antifungal drug called olorofim, sending it back to the company with a request for more data. If approved, it would ...

A newly discovered bacterial weapon against fungi can kill even drug-resistant strains, raising hopes for a new antifungal drug. Bacteria are masters at fending off fungi, says Martin Burke ...

T he discovery of a new preclinical compound with strong antifungal activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens is ...

For those suffering from fungal infections, like yeast infections, antifungal medicines are available, both for oral and local use, Dr Laliwala recommends, adding that local antifungal pessaries ...

A Kips Bay biotech company backed by life sciences investment firm Deerfield raised $81 million in a Series B funding round this week to continue developing a new antifungal drug. Elion ...