The study achieved the primary endpoint of non-inferiority, with a rate of all-cause mortality (ACM) at Day 42 for olorofim of 23.8% and for AmBisome® follo ...

Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotype VII (TMVII) infection is increasingly reported in parts of Europe. We present one of the first cases of TMVII repo

Background Most Toxoplasma gondii infections in humans are considered foodborne, but the relative importance of the various routes of infection is largely unknown. Consumption of green produce contami...

Background In 2019, Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) was identified in Germany as a cause of sexually transmitted tinea. Since 2023, it has been described in men who have sex with me...

Blastomycosis is caused by species of the dimorphic fungus Blastomyces, (B. dermatitidis and B. gilchristi). It is an endemic mycosis that causes a sp…

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Terbinafine resistant T. indotineae has arrived in New Zealand. To assist appropriate management, practitioners encountering extensive tinea infection, particularly if failing terbinafine treatment, s...

Spread of Antifungal-Resistant <em>Trichophyton indotineae</em>, United Kingdom, 2017–2024

Human cysticercosis results from ingesting microscopic Taenia solium eggs shed by a tapeworm carrier, forming cystic larvae (ie, cysticerci) in tissues. These larvae normally encyst in the pig, the natural intermediate host. Upon consumption by humans, they develop into a new intestinal tapeworm. Affecting the human brain, neurocysticercosis is responsible for a third of epilepsy cases in endemic tropical and subtropical regions.1,2

Nature Communications - Here, Bottery et al show that resistance to next generation antifungals is more likely to occur within azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus due to the close linkage between...

En décrivant au cours du temps, les pratiques de prévention avant et après le diagnostic, l’analyse de cette étude montre comment ces moyens de prévention affectent les comportements des hommes ayant des relations avec des hommes: évolution des comportements sexuels et préventifs des patients dans les 6 mois précédant la…

Trichophyton (T.) mentagrophytes ITS genotype VIII, also known as Trichophyton indotineae, is a new species of the T. mentagrophytes/T. interdigitale complex and its first records, albeit under a diff...

Cases of dermatophytosis caused by emerging pathogen Trichophyton indotineae are increasing worldwide. Many are resistant to first-line treatment option terbinafine, resulting in difficult-to-treat ca...

Autochthonous <em>Blastomyces dermatitidis</em>, India

Mucormycosis is found in co-infection with bacteria in >50% of the cases. Most of these cases were reported among people with haematological diseases. The two most frequent bacteria found were <i>Pseu...

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We report 32 cases of infection by Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotype VII, including a cluster of 17 cases, occurring in Paris, France between 2022 and 2023. Our findings confirm the circulatio...

La surveillance de la dengue, du chikungunya et du zika est bas&eacute;e sur la d&eacute;claration obligatoire. Du 1er mai au 30 novembre de chaque ann&eacute;e, pendant la p&eacute;riode d&rsquo;acti...

Eosinophilia is a common finding in returning travellers, migrants and other travelling groups. In this setting it often indicates an underlying helminth infection. Infections associated with eosinoph...

Among 308 patients with candidemia, we found a 6% incidence of presumed candida chorioretinitis. The number needed to screen among asymptomatic patients wa