A metabolic byproduct formed when gut bacteria break down dietary fiber appears to protect against dangerous fungal ...

Almost everyone carries Candida albicans. The yeast colonizes human mucous membranes—for example, the oral mucosa and the ...

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have identified a yeast that could be used to prevent invasive candidiasis, a major cause of death in hospitalized and immunocompromised ...

Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an ...

It is estimated that 75 percent to 90 percent of people get a candida infection at some time in their lives. Most of these will be thrush, toenail infections or vaginitis. These are easy to spot ...

Gastrointestinal fungal infections encompass a spectrum of conditions arising when opportunistic or primary fungal pathogens invade the mucosal or submucosal layers of the digestive tract.