The bacteria present in the intestine provide information about the quantities of fungi of the potentially disease-causing Candida genus. Among them, and surprisingly, are lactic acid bacteria that ...

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 103 MASLD patients without established CVD. Fibrosis and steatosis were assessed using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and proton density fat fraction ...

The microbiome is a multi-kingdom community of microorganisms that colonizes all environmentally exposed epithelial and mucosal surfaces of the body, with its greatest biomass and diversity within the ...

Individual Candida albicans yeast strains in the human gut are as different from each other as the humans that carry them, and some C. albicans strains may damage the gut of patients with inflammatory ...

Fungal infections are a major health problem that often begin in the gastrointestinal tract. Gut microbe interactions in early childhood are critical for proper immune responses, yet there is little ...

Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an ...

Beyond bacteria, fungi and archaea are emerging as powerful regulators of digestion, immunity, and disease risk, revealing ...

It is estimated that 75 percent to 90 percent of people get a candida infection at some time in their lives. Most of these will be thrush, toenail infections or vaginitis. These are easy to spot ...