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Fungal pneumonia is an infection of the lungs by fungi. It can be caused by either endemic or opportunistic fungi or a combination of both. Case mortality in fungal pneumonias can be as high as 90% in immunocompromised patients, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] though immunocompetent patients generally respond well to anti-fungal therapy.
The fungus also infects animals, such as dogs, koalas, and dolphins. [5] In 2007, the fungus appeared for the first time in the United States, in Whatcom County, Washington [6] and in April 2010 had spread to Oregon. [7] The most recently identified strain, designated VGIIc, is particularly virulent, having proved fatal in 19 of 218 known cases ...
Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection of mainly the lungs, presenting as a pneumonia, and in the brain, where it appears as a meningitis. [4] [9] Coughing, difficulty breathing, chest pain and fever are seen when the lungs are infected. [5]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the deadly fungus Candida auris is spreading at an alarming rate in the U.S. Candida auris cases have skyrocketed in this country since 2019.
A fungus ball in the lungs may cause no symptoms and may be discovered only with a chest X-ray, or it may cause repeated coughing up of blood, chest pain, and occasionally severe, even fatal, bleeding. [2] A rapidly invasive Aspergillus infection in the lungs often causes cough, fever, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. [citation needed]
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Nearly one in five new cervical cancers diagnosed from 2009 to 2018 were in women 65 and older, according to a new UC Davis study.But what has experts concerned is that, according to the study ...
Between 5% and 10% of Valley fever patients may develop serious or long-term lung problems and about 1% see the infection spread outside their lungs to other parts of the body, the CDC said.