Healthcare-associated outbreaks due to Mucorales and other uncommon fungi

Risks Associated with Exposure to Stachybotrys and Other Fungi Mycotoxins

The media and public continue to be concerned about health risks resulting from exposure to mycotoxins produced by Stachybotrys and other fungi present in indoor air. Mycotoxins are by-products of the natural life-cycle of all fungi. Their production is dependent on complex interactions among numerous factors including nutrition availability, moisture, temperature, and competition from other mi...

Lessons from animal studies for the treatment of invasive human infections due to uncommon fungi.

Clinical experience in the management of opportunistic infections, especially those caused by less common fungi, is, due to their rarity, very scarce; therefore, the most effective treatments remain unknown. The ever-increasing numbers of fungal infections due to opportunistic fungi have repeatedly proven the limitations of the antifungal armamentarium. Moreover, some of these fungi, such as Fu...

Estimating challenge load due to disease outbreaks and other challenges using reproduction records of sows.

A method was developed and tested to estimate challenge load due to disease outbreaks and other challenges in sows using reproduction records. The method was based on reproduction records from a farm with known disease outbreaks. It was assumed that the reduction in weekly reproductive output within a farm is proportional to the magnitude of the challenge. As the challenge increases beyond cert...

Clinical Allergy Due to Foods, Inhalants, Contactants, Fungi, Bacteria and Other Causes, Manifestations, Diagnosis and Treatment

Comparison of temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsies due to other etiologies

  Background: This study compares the clinical characteristics of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (mTLE-HS) with those who have temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) due to other etiologies.   Methods : In this retrospective study all patients with a clinical diagnosis of TLE were recruited in a referral outpatient epilepsy clinic at Shiraz University of Medical Sc...