Tinea capitis, which is most often caused by Trichophyton tonsurans,is among the most common fungal infections in children. [2] Tinea capitis occurs primarily in the prepubertal age group.

Prior to the report, the family had visited the Venado Caves in Costa Rica, which was linked to a previous histoplasmosis ...

Invasive fungal infections in children appear to have increased over the past few decades. Substantial differences compared with adult patients in risk factors, pathogen epidemiology ...

Health officials are working to understand why cases of serious yeast infections are rising in the UK, especially in ...

Twelve of 13 members of one family fell ill upon returning to the United States from a Costa Rica trip in late December. A ...

according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Six adults and six children all experienced symptoms of histoplasmosis, a ...

Andrej Spec, MD, leads the Invasive Fungal Infections Clinic at WashU Medicine, a globally recognized center that treats ...

These parents want others to take away from their story that if their child is immunocompromised, fungal infections can be deadly. Fungus is often airborne, especially with all the dust in the air.

Normally, a vacation to a tropical locale involves sunburns, maybe some bug bites, and sand stuck in your hair. For one ...

None of the children had acute infections or diseases involving the ... mouth and rectal specimens were obtained for bacterial and fungal study on the first three days and on alternate days ...