Nearly 14 years after white-nose syndrome began devastating bat populations in New Brunswick, researchers see signs the ...

Researchers also included 125 healthy individuals for comparison. Using nasal swabs, the team analysed the fungi in the participants' noses and discovered that those with allergic rhinitis had ...

However, bacteria aren’t the only things that can take up residence in our nasal cavities. Our noses host multiple species of fungi—and as Luis Delgado, one of the study’s authors ...

Patients with allergic rhinitis and comorbid asthma showed higher nasal mycobiome diversity. Healthy participants had significantly different fungal composition. Patients with sniffles because of ...

Patients commonly present with a history of nasal obstruction, polyposis, or a history of multiple sinus procedures. Nasal endoscopy reveals polyposis, allergic mucin, and thick, tenacious debris.

Fungal balls in the paranasal sinuses, particularly in the maxillary and sphenoid sinuses, represent a common form of non-invasive fungal sinusitis. These conditions are characterized by the ...

Allergies that make your nose run and asthma are very common respiratory diseases that are often found together and impose a significant disease burden. Scientists looking for ways to help patients ...

Moreover, the intraoperative finding of friable concretions in a sinus should alert surgeons and pathologists to a probable fungal infection. The classic Caldwell-Luc procedure was the only ...

What is white-nose syndrome, and how does it kill bats? White-nose syndrome is the result of a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans that invades and ingests the skin of hibernating bats, ...