Several years ago, researchers at Mayo Clinic made startling claims that chronic rhinosinusitis -- a baffling inflammation of the sinuses -- was caused not by bacterial infections but by fungi. The ...

In the past month, I’ve talked to four different people who have either had a sinus surgery or an actual sinus fungal ball, so today I will write about it. An “aspergilloma” is the name of what it was ...

How prevalent are fungal infections in the differential diagnosis of chronic sinusitis?—JANICE SKINNER, CRNP, Sykesville, Md. Fungal sinus infections occur primarily in immunosuppressed patients and ...

Patients treated with isavuconazole as primary or salvage therapy for invasive fungal sinusitis experienced overall survival rates of 82% at 42 days and 70% at 84 days, according to study results ...

Researchers at UB and the Mayo Clinic have shown that chronic sinusitis is an immune disorder caused by fungus, opening up a promising new avenue for treating this ubiquitous and debilitating ...

A new research perspective was published in Oncoscience (Volume 10) on May 27, 2023, entitled, "Think outside the box – atypical infections in chronic sinusitis." Inflammations of the paranasal ...

Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (IFR) is a severe and often life-threatening condition characterized by the rapid progression of fungal infections in the sinuses, which can extend to surrounding ...

Q: My 11-year-old daughter had terrible breath. The dentist said that it wasn't coming from her teeth and referred us to an ENT (ear, nose and throat doctor). The ENT said he suspected that the small ...

If you've ever experienced a sinus infection, you're all too familiar with the congestion, discharge, bad breath postnasal drip, headaches, fatigue, fever and pain and pressure in the sinus cavities ...

Clinical Infectious Diseases publishes clinically relevant articles on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases caused by ...

When Jens Ponikau left Germany 10 years ago to do research in the United States on chronic sinus inflammation, he expected to stay nine months. Then a major breakthrough—uncovering the root cause of a ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Key Takeaways Fungal lung infections, like aspergillosis and cryptococcosis, can look ...