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This article reviews the impact of natural fungal pathogens on laboratory animal research and reports no new results, calling attention to infection risks with dermatophytes, Candida, and pneumonia in immunocompromised rodents.

This study evaluated a herbal hair serum, finding it effective against certain fungi and bacteria and showing potential for hair regrowth comparable to standard treatments, suggesting it may serve as a natural alternative for promoting hair health.

In this study, a newly formulated herbal hair serum demonstrated significant antifungal and antibacterial activity as well as comparable hair regrowth effectiveness to standard treatments, suggesting its potential as a natural therapeutic alternative.

This study found that all healthy cats tested were carriers of *Microsporum canis*, and 86.66% of dogs carried this fungus, with further positive cultures for other dermatophytes and yeasts suggesting these animals may contribute to environmental fungal spread.

Myrtle has various health benefits and potential for medicine development.

This report describes two cases of atypical Malassezia folliculitis in immunosuppressed patients, highlighting diagnostic challenges due to non-classical presentation in non-seborrheic areas.

This research reports that onychomycosis, a common nail fungal infection often caused by Candida yeast, requires laboratory testing like direct preparations, fungal cultures, and molecular tests for accurate diagnosis due to its diverse etiology and differential diagnosis, improving therapy effectiveness and efficiency.

This study found that finasteride alone is highly effective in preventing Candida albicans urinary biofilms and shows synergistic activity with fluconazole in vitro, suggesting potential for further clinical investigation.

Different nail disorders are treated by targeting their specific causes and using appropriate medications or protective measures.

This review details historical advancements in understanding and treating superficial fungal infections, with notable milestones in identifying causative agents and developing effective treatments, but it reports no new findings.

In this study, patients with scalp seborrheic dermatitis exhibited distinct patterns of allergen sensitization tied to symptoms, impaired skin barrier, and altered microbiota, emphasizing the need to consider allergen exposure, barrier status, and microbial balance when interpreting patch test results.

This study found that Kaempferia galanga ethanolic extract has potential as an antifungal agent in an oil-in-water cream formulation, exhibiting stable physicochemical properties in laboratory tests.

This article discusses recent findings on piedra infections in hair and their keratinolytic activities, but reports no new clinical results.

This review highlights the effectiveness of medicinal plants in treating symptoms of hair disorders, emphasizing their antifungal and antioxidant properties as supported by 23 selected studies.

This systematic review reported that probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics, and dietary supplements may improve hair density and reduce dandruff severity in individuals with scalp disorders, potentially by modifying inflammation, oxidative stress, and microbiota composition; however, variability across studies limits the strength of these conclusions.

This case report describes a three-month-old male Labrador pup with dermatophytosis, diagnosed through clinical signs and a Woods lamp test, which successfully recovered from the infection with a four-week treatment regimen involving topical and oral therapies.

This review suggests that vitamin D3 deficiency and the colonization of oral mucosa by *Candida* fungi may contribute to the pathogenesis of psoriasis, highlighting the potential interaction between vitamin D, microbiome imbalance, and fungal infections in the disease's progression.

This source discusses how the skin mycobiome, dominated by Malassezia fungi, may provide a unique niche that can be disrupted by environmental changes, potentially leading to the fungal pathogen C. auris overtaking Malassezia and predisposing individuals to severe infections.

This study reported that abietic acid, derived from pine rosin, showed antimicrobial effects and reduced biofilm biomass in laboratory tests against microorganisms like Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans, suggesting potential further applications for skin infections.

This study observed significant differences in skin fungal communities between healthy and alopecic cynomolgus macaques, suggesting certain microorganisms may be associated with alopecia in these primates.

Sampling methods greatly affect skin microbiome data in acne studies.

This study found that duloxetine and escitalopram exhibited broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, while buspirone had selective effects, and finasteride disrupted yeast virulence traits, suggesting these drugs could be repurposed as antimicrobial therapies.

This study analyzed the essential oil from Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and found that it is rich in limonene and exhibits antibacterial and antifungal properties, particularly against Candida albicans and certain Gram-positive bacteria.

This case study presents an asthma patient with H1N1 pneumonia who developed invasive Aspergillosis despite avoiding steroids, suggesting that factors other than steroid use can contribute to IA in such patients.

This study found that oil extracts from the plants Hedyotis corymbosa, Inula racemose, and Holostemma adakodien demonstrated significant antibacterial and antifungal activity in vitro compared to standard antibiotics and antifungals.

Terbinafine is the most effective medicine for fungal nail infections, especially for diabetics and those with weak immune systems.

This study found that Eclipta alba extracts exhibit significant antimicrobial activity against various human pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant strains, suggesting potential use in treating infectious diseases.

This study found that seed oil of Caragana korshinskii demonstrated high antifungal efficacy against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in an in vivo guinea pig model of dermatophytosis.

This review discusses the potential use of cultured primary fetal cells from a single organ donation to produce therapeutic products, emphasizing the need for process consistency and safety verification, but reports no clinical results.

In this study, researchers isolated five new compounds from Monascus purpureus wmd2424 and found that four exhibited mild antifungal activity against several fungi.