Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Agricultural fungicides may be driving antimicrobial resistance

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/942795

 

 News Release 8-Feb-2022
Drugs used to treat life-threatening fungal infections are becoming less effective at fighting certain fungi
Peer-Reviewed Publication
University of Georgia

 

New research from the University of Georgia has shown, for the first time, that compounds used to fight fungal diseases in plants are causing resistance to antifungal medications used to treat people.

The study focused on Aspergillus fumigatus, the fungus that causes aspergillosis, a disease that causes life-threatening infections in 300,000 people globally each year. 

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