A 61-year-old Indian farmer has reportedly contracted a rare fungal disease called milky sheen. This
According to a report published in the magazineMedical Mycology Case Reports, a 61-year-old patient from the eastern region of India sought help from doctors with flu-like symptoms. These included a sore throat, cough and difficulty swallowing. These symptoms tormented the man for several months. X-rays and CT scans did not reveal any abnormalities. However, a CT scan of the neck showed purulent inflammation of the trachea.
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Subsequent analysis allowed us to identifyThe cause of the disease is the fungus Chondrostereum purpureum. Previously, not a single case of human infection with this fungus was recorded in the world. Doctors who treated the patient shared the case file with the World Health Organization (WHO). According to a Daily Mail report, researchers claimed that this is the first recorded case of a plant fungus infecting a person. The patient received two courses of antifungal drugs over two months, and the pus was sent to a WHO-collaborating facility in northern India for testing. Experts noted that only a few of the millions of fungi today can infect people and animals.
Doctors who treated the man said he wasthe case “raises serious questions” about the ability of plant pathogens to cause disease in healthy humans and animals. Professor Elaine Bignell, from the MRC Center for Medical Mycology, said the patient may have a genetic immunodeficiency that was not previously known. He may have been exposed to an incredibly large number of spores during the course of his work.
According to WHO, there are 19 fungi that threaten public health, including Candida, Cryptococcosis neoformans, Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida auris.
As the planet warms due to changeclimate, there are concerns that known and unknown fungi could become a potential threat as they learn to survive on a hotter planet. More research is needed to understand how these mushrooms may affect humans and animals.
The Last of Us - AmericanHBO post-apocalyptic television series. It is based on the video game The Last of Us, which was developed in 2013 by Naughty Dog. It tells the story of smuggler Joel (Pedro Pascal), who accompanies teenage girl Ellie (Bella Ramsay) across the United States in a post-apocalyptic environment.
According to the plot, it begins in 2003a pandemic of a fungal infection that turns people into bloodthirsty monsters. With the outbreak of the infection, Joel and his daughter Sarah flee the city, but the girl is killed by a soldier. Twenty years later, the fungus has infected the whole world.
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