ALLMedicine™ Candidiasis Center

Nov 30th, 2020 - Biofilms can be retained on dental prostheses leading to the development of infections. The indiscriminate use of antifungal drugs can result in the development of microorganisms that are resistant to these antimicrobial agents. Whether probiotics...

Nov 17th, 2020 - For over three decades, investigators have used estrogen-dependent rodent animal models to study pathogenesis of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) or test promising antifungal drugs. One disparity not well publicized is that rodents maintain near neu...

Nov 14th, 2020 - Nurses are exposed to psychosocial risks that can affect both psychological and physical health through stress. Prolonged stress at work can lead to burnout syndrome. An essential protective factor against psychosocial risks is emotional intellige...

Nov 12th, 2020 - An increased incidence in hygiene-related urogenital infections (bacterial vaginitis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and urinary tract) has been reported in female warfighters serving in austere environments with decreased availability of water and san...

Nov 11th, 2020 - Azole antimycotics and nystatin oral solution are used to treat oral candidiasis. Azoles inhibit cytochrome (CYP) P450-dependent metabolism of warfarin, which could increase the anticoagulant effect of warfarin. Nystatin is not expected to interfe...

Nov 1st, 2019 - British HIV Association/British Infection Association guidelines on the management of opportunistic infection in people living with HIV: The clinical management of Candidiasis 2019.|2019|Dockrell DH,O’Shea D,Cartledge JD,Freedman AR,|diagnosis,dru...

Aug 30th, 2019 - Background: Fungal infections are of increasing incidence and importance in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Timely diagnosis relies on appropriate use of laboratory testing in susceptible patients.Methods: The relevant literature r...

Sep 2nd, 2018 - The microbiome and the human body constitute an integrated superorganism, which is the result of millions of years of coevolution with mutual adaptation and functional integration, and confers significant benefits for both parties. This evolutiona...

Dec 24th, 2016 - The European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL) provides recommendations for diagnostic strategies and prophylactic, pre-emptive or targeted therapy strategies for various types of infection in patients with hematologic malignancies or he...

Dec 18th, 2015 - It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular patients or special clinical situations. IDSA considers adher...

Nov 30th, 2020 - Biofilms can be retained on dental prostheses leading to the development of infections. The indiscriminate use of antifungal drugs can result in the development of microorganisms that are resistant to these antimicrobial agents. Whether probiotics...

Nov 17th, 2020 - For over three decades, investigators have used estrogen-dependent rodent animal models to study pathogenesis of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) or test promising antifungal drugs. One disparity not well publicized is that rodents maintain near neu...

Nov 16th, 2020 - Voriconazole tablets are an azole antifungal indicated for the treatment of adults and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with: •Invasive aspergillosis (1.1) •Candidemia in non-neutropenics and other deep tissue Candida infections (1.2) •...

Nov 15th, 2020 - Nystatin Oral Suspension is indicated for the treatment of candidiasis in the oral cavity.

Nov 15th, 2020 - Fluconazole tablets are indicated for the treatment of: Vaginal candidiasis (vaginal yeast infections due to Candida). Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis. In open noncomparative studies of relatively small numbers of patients, fluconazole ta...

Jan 29th, 2020 - Polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia are clinical signs and symptoms of type 2 DM. Other symptoms of type 2 DM include blurred vision, lower extremity paresthesia, and repeated candidiasis (candida balanitis in male patients). Chest pain and short...

Jan 8th, 2020 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for use of micafungin sodium (Mycamine, Astellas Pharma Inc) for injection in children younger than 4 months of age. The indication spans candidemia,...

Dec 2nd, 2019 - SAN FRANSCISCO — Complications from oral cancer and the toxic effects of treatment — including demineralization, caries, fibrosis, candidiasis, pain, sensitivity, and aesthetic concerns — can continue long after any evidence of cancer is apparent,...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - As previously discussed, blood cultures are often negative with invasive candidiasis, as the window of opportunity is short and may be missed. As shown in murine models, it is easy to miss a narrow window of candidemia, leading to false-negative b.

Aug 20th, 2019 - Adalimumab (Humira) continued to be well tolerated through 7 years of use in children with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), an interim analysis of observational registry data found. The rates of serious infections were two per 10...