Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Key Takeaways Fungal lung infections, like aspergillosis and cryptococcosis, can look ...

A research team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has found a new method of detecting a potentially fatal fungal lung infection in patients being treated for leukemia or who ...

JOOTRH surgeons took out lung of debilitated mother of eight misdiagnosed with TB. She had a severe fungal infection.

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the incidence of respiratory fungal infections in Spain, particularly aspergillosis, and SARS ...

Aspergillus fumigatus spores are microscopic and everywhere. Most of us breathe them every day and our immune systems make quick work of them, so they pose little threat. However for individuals with ...

A chip-based infection model developed by researchers in Jena, Germany, enables live microscopic observation of damage to lung tissue caused by the invasive fungal infection aspergillosis. The team ...

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The SPCA serving Erie County shared they recently nursed a snowy owl back to health that had a severe fungal lung infection. They posted on social media, "In early December, this ...

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 ...