Molds are types of fungus that can invade humans. It can cause a disease called invasive mold infection (IMI) and make people sick or cause death.This Plain Language Summary of Publication article from Future Microbiology summarises the results from a study that looked at mold samples collected from people in Asia and the Western Pacific region in order to check if isavuconazole (an antifungal medicine) can stop the growth or kill these molds.

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The original article on which this summary is based is called  ‘Antifungal susceptibilities of opportunistic filamentous fungal pathogens from the Asia and Western Pacific Region: data from the SENTRY Antifungal Surveillance Program (2011-2019)’ and was published in The Journal of Antibiotics. 

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