Trending Topic

virus closeup, contagious pathogen. Monkey pox virus closeup, contagious pathogen, infectious zoonotic disease
7 mins

Trending Topic

Developed by Touch
Mark CompleteCompleted
BookmarkBookmarked

A double-stranded DNA virus of the Orthopoxvirus family, mpox (formerly monkeypox), continues to infect people daily, following the 2022 global outbreak.1 Two clades (clade 1 and clade 2) have been identified, with the 2022 outbreak caused by a subclade of clade 2, referred to as clade 2b.2 Comparatively, clade 1 leads to a more severe disease state and greater […]

Martin Hoenigl, ECCMID 2021: Challenges in Treating Invasive Candida Infections

Share
Facebook
X (formerly Twitter)
LinkedIn
Via Email
Mark CompleteCompleted
BookmarkBookmarked
Copy LinkLink Copied
Published Online: Aug 2nd 2021

We were delighted to meet with Martin Hoenigl (University of California San Diego & Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria) to discuss the current challenges in treating invasive candida infections.

The abstract entitled: ‘Outcomes of oral ibrexafungerp in 33 patients with refractory fungal diseases, interim analysis of a phase III open-label study (FURI)’ was presented at the 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).

Question:

  1. Could you give us a brief overview of the current challenges in treating invasive Candida infections? (0:22)

Disclosures: Martin Hoenigl has received research support from Gilead, Astellas, Pfizer, Scynexis, F2G and NIH.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Katey Gabrysch.

Filmed in coverage of the 31st ECCMID Congress 2021.

Share
Facebook
X (formerly Twitter)
LinkedIn
Via Email
Mark CompleteCompleted
BookmarkBookmarked
Copy LinkLink Copied
Close Popup