Fungal Interest Group Uganda

10/05/2022

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/myc.13444

Background The occurrence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) among drug sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients on optimal therapy with persistent symptoms was investigated. Methods ...

04/11/2021

This blog emphasizes why more focus needs to be directed to fungal infections research to improve the availability and affordability of diagnostics, train lab technologists and clinicians in fungal disease diagnosis and treatment, and ensure that antifungals are available worldwide.

05/01/2021

Fungal disease affects more than a billion people worldwide, resulting in approximately 12 million life-threatening infections.
Richard Kwizera a researcher explains why more focus needs to be directed to research https://www.aasciences.africa/news/need-more-research-fungal-infections

This blog emphasizes why more focus needs to be directed to fungal infections research to improve the availability and affordability of diagnostics, train lab technologists and clinicians in fungal disease diagnosis and treatment, and ensure that antifungals are available worldwide.

14/12/2020

138 million school age children in Africa have fungal scalp infection, affecting education and leading to social stigmas, medical experts say. https://www.gaffi.org/138-million-school-age-children-in-africa-have-fungal-scalp-infection-affecting-education-and-leading-to-social-stigmas-medical-experts-say/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=138-million-school-age-children-in-africa-have-fungal-scalp-infection-affecting-education-and-leading-to-social-stigmas-medical-experts-say

A study has shown that nearly 1 in 5 school-age children in Africa have a fungal infection of the scalp referred to as tinea capitis with a reported 138

09/12/2020

https://jcm.asm.org/content/early/2020/11/30/JCM.02421-20

Background: Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the need for rapid point of care testing, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of the Dynamiker cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay (LFA). Methods: We assessed the diagnostic performance o...

01/12/2020

https://www.gaffi.org/experts-call-for-minimising-deaths-from-cryptococcal-meningitis-in-aids/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=experts-call-for-minimising-deaths-from-cryptococcal-meningitis-in-aids

On World AIDS Day, experts from multiple African, European and American institutions have put out an alarm call to prioritise a strategy “to end deaths from

01/12/2020

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33251631/

About one in every 5 children in Africa has tinea capitis making it one of the most common childhood conditions in the region. A precise quantification of the burden of this neglected tropical disease is required to inform clinical and public health intervention strategies.

18/11/2020

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17/11/2020

Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma presenting like Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in an HIV-negative diabetic patient https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753920300142?via%3Dihub

17/11/2020

Online Learning Resources Enhanced Teaching and Learning of
Medical Mycology among Medical Students in Gulu
University, Uganda https://www.hindawi.com/journals/edri/2020/9468241/

Background. The burden of serious fungal diseases has significantly increased in the past few decades; however, the number of health-care workers with expertise in the management of fungal diseases remains low, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aimed to evalua...

16/11/2020

Treatment of Histoplasmosis https://www.intechopen.com/books/histoplasma-and-histoplasmosis/treatment-of-histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis, caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, is an uncommon multisystem disease with a global distribution. The spectrum of clinical manifestations ranges from an asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic acute pulmonary disease following inhalation of a large inoculu...