Though invasive fungal infections are life-threatening and cause havoc in most of the tertiary medical centres in India, there are few laboratories capable of diagnosis of fungal infections in this ...

In 1928, Scottish physician Alexander Fleming made a monumental discovery entirely by accident. One day, while researching Staphylococcus bacteria, Fleming noticed mold growing in one of his petri ...

Medical mycology encompasses the study, diagnosis, and treatment of infections caused by fungal pathogens. With over 700 fungal species implicated and a subset responsible for human disease, this ...

Fungi cause more than a billion skin infections, more than 100 million mucosal infections, 10 million serious allergies and more than a million deaths each year. Global mortality owing to fungal ...