Nya antimögelkurer på gång

Mögelinfektioner är ett ökande problem beroende på ökad resistans i patogenerna men framför allt på att intensivvårdens framsteg som sidoeffekt producerar patienter med starkt nedsatt immunförsvar under en tid. Nu forskas det fram nya antibiotika:

Prof. Marx's project meets the urgent need for the characterisation of new, effective fungicides. This need has increased dramatically over recent years as a result of the growing resistance to existing treatments exhibited by pathogenic fungi and, more significantly, due to major improvements in intensive care medicine. Such medical advances often weaken the immune system of patients, which enables fungal infections to take hold that would normally be easily fought off by the body's defences.

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