Barzilai Medical Center

This study aims to find out which factors make ICU patients more likely to carry Candida auris on their skin during an outbreak. Researchers will swab the nose, armpits, and groin of 1200 hospitalized adults to detect the fungus. The goal is to better understand how the infection…

This study aims to understand how common short telomeres are in Israeli adults with fibrotic interstitial lung disease (lung scarring). Researchers will take blood samples from 100 participants and follow their health for two years. No new treatments are tested; the goal is to ga…