They found that the incidence of CAPA ranged from 0.4% to 2.7%, and CAPA was associated with increased mortality in these patients. They further identified several risk factors associated with CAPA, ...

A 29-year-old Michigan chef died last week after battling a rare fungal disease that ravaged his lungs. Sometime before Thanksgiving, Ian Pritchard contracted blastomycosis, a fungus-borne illness ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) remains a challenging multisystem disorder predominately affecting the lungs, where chronic bacterial infections have long been recognised as the major drivers of morbidity and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with IFI, yeast on donor culture and prolonged length of stay were associated with early IC risk.

A 29-year-old Michigan chef died last week after battling blastomycosis, a rare fungal disease that "ravaged" his lungs. A 29-year-old Michigan chef died last week after battling a rare fungal disease ...

Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that can cause swelling, inflammation, and, sometimes, small semi-opaque or calcified nodules on the lungs. However, histoplasmosis does not always cause symptoms.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a life-threatening fungal infection that occurs when conidia (spores) from the Aspergillus fungus are inhaled and establish an infection in the lungs, particularly ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) — If you have been suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms lately (but you don’t have pneumonia), you may have ingested fungal spores that went airborne after dirt around you ...

There have been more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Valley fever—also known as coccidioidomycosis - a potentially dangerous fungal infection that affects the lungs, according to health officials. The ...

A virus found lurking inside a deadly fungus may make the microbe even stronger and harder to kill when it infects people.

A recent study published in PLOS Pathogens discussed coinfections in the lungs and how viral infections create a favorable environment for bacteria and fungi. Study: Coinfections in the lung: How ...

Blastomycosis — also known as blasto, North American blastomycosis, or Gilchrist disease — is a rare infection caused by breathing in a fungus called blastomyces. It usually affects the lungs but can ...