The pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (far left) grew more than other species in a medium designed to mimic the human organism, partly owing to the presence of a protein that inhibits the immune ...
And the most common among them, Aspergillus fumigatus, is potentially dangerous. In addition to allergic reactions, it can infect your lungs and other organs. And it's not just fungi joining the ...
fumigatus in clinical isolates from 1.4% to 11.4%, which are associated with 25% excess 90-day mortality in patients with invasive aspergillosis. As azoles are the first-line and only oral ...
fumigatus and a chest radiograph along with ... ABPA: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; GINA: Global initiative for asthma. Adapted with permission from [7]. ABPA-S Fulfils the diagnostic ...
Experts have found that clothes put on drying frames or draped over warm radiators raise moisture levels in our homes by up to 30 per cent, creating ideal breeding conditions for mould spores – and ...
Researchers at the University of São Paulo found 62 proteins specific to spores of Aspergillus fumigatus, a fungal species that causes lung disease. The study, published in Nature Microbiology, showed ...
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a pulmonary disease occurring in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis, consequent to a dysregulated immune response to inhaled Aspergillus conidia.