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, ...

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 ...

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the European Respiratory Society have published the world’s first guidelines for physicians and laboratories on chronic lung ...

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 ...

A Chinese man's bizarre habit of sniffing his dirty socks landed him in hospital after it led to him developing a serious fungal infection in his lungs. The unnamed man, described as an 'ordinary ...

Aspergillus fumigatus can be found almost everywhere - in soil, compost or in the air. It is usually harmless for healthy people. However, in patients with a weakened immune system, it can cause ...

A seven-year study of 470 patients revealed that a severe fungal lung infection once mainly seen in specific high-risk groups is increasingly affecting elderly patients and those with common cancers ...