Today is World Aspergillosis Day, a day to raise awareness about a fungal infection that kills more than one million people globally each year.
Joining me now to talk about aspergillosis, a new kind of antifungal drug and World Aspergillosis Day is Marco Taglietti, M.D. Dr Taglietti is the president and chief executive officer of SCYNEXIS and an infectious disease expert.
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Hi, My husband was in the hospital for 3 weeks with Aspergillosis, and they originally thought he had lung cancer, and then TB. Since then he’s been on Voriconazole for over a year, and it is taking his liver down, and he still has a terrible case of Aspergillosis. I currently got HCQ from MX, and been giving him that with Zinc every day for 3 months because of the liver problem. Not sure it’s helping him. I just read that Ivermectin may help. Do you have any information on that? If we leave his health in the hands of the doctors who have it now, I don’t expect him to live. Hope you can help. Thanks!