MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fungal infection'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:46 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477762&cid=t_177910_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffugus-an-unwanted-yoga-partner%2F2011.02.14 Yoga is good for your mind and body, including your skin. Yoga mats, on the other hand, might not be. Using someone else’s yoga mat for an hour could lead to an infection. Fungal infections are common and appear as athlete’s foot, toenail fungus, and ringworm. Unfortunately, the fungus can survive on surfaces like mats long after the infected person has left. Although most people blame the gym locker room when they develop athlete’s foot, you can catch the fungus from a variety of places anytime you walk barefoot. Fortunately, even if the fungus comes into contact with your skin, it doesn’t always lead to infection. Dry, cracked skin, or soft, wet skin disrupt your primary defense against the fungus — the densely packed barrier of skin cells, oils and proteins on your healthy... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477762 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:00:35 +0100 4477762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805819&cid=t_177910_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fjock-itch-how-to-get-rid-of-it%2F2010.07.30 I’ve been seeing a lot of jocks lately. The anatomical area, not the athletes. Summertime means heat and humidity, sports, and itchy groins. Jock itch is a general term for an itchy rash in the groin. Heat, sweat, and skin rubbing on skin can leave the area looking like you slid into second base, groin first. There are three main causes of an itchy groin. Classic jock itch is caused by a fungus, the same fungus that causes athlete’s foot. This fungus often causes a red scaly rash on the inner thighs. It tends to be dry and can have bumps or pimples. The fungus is often spread from your feet or from contaminated sports equipment, towels, etc. It can be treated with topical terbinafine cream 1% twice a day for 2-4 weeks. Severe cases can require oral anti-fungal medications, especially i... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805819 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:00:50 +0100 3805819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346654&cid=t_177910_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelomablog.com%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2Fwarm-weather-and-shoeless-feet%2F When summer comes around, the first thing I want to do is run around without shoes on.  I hate wearing shoes, and the PN has made most shoes pretty uncomfortable for me.  A few years ago, before I went in for my stem cell transplant for the treatment of my multiple myeloma, I was walking by the pool and I stubbed my toe on something. Toe stubbing is a more frequent occurrence for me now that I have neuropathy.  It’s hard to keep track of just exactly where my feet are.  Anyway, aside from hurting like the dickens, the toe injury included some broken nails. I thought nothing of it. A few weeks later, I had high dose chemo, which wiped out my immune system.  In no time, I noticed that my toes were discolored and the nails on two of my toes were getting flaky. It was the weirdest t... beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346654 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:50:38 +0100 3346654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369703&cid=t_177910_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F269635683%2F Here's a fungal infection you don't hear much about. One of the fungi we work on, a model for mushroom development as it can be fruited in the lab is Coprinopsis cinerea (previously named Coprinus cinereus). C. cinerea is a saprobric coprophillic fungus so it is usually found on dung.  Although rare in human infections there are a few reports in immunocopromised patients.  Below is an abstract describing isolation of C. cinerea from an implanted heart valve from a pig. This definitely not its typical habitat and Coprinus growing in yeast form I'm sure I've really heard of either.  Would be great to see if the clinical strains are still sexually competent and/or are significantly different in other ways (growth rate, resistance to drugs and oxidative stress) from the wild or laborat... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369703 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:45:47 +0100 1369703