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Why It Matters | In a first, plant fungus infects man from Kolkata
1 year, 8 months ago

Why It Matters | In a first, plant fungus infects man from Kolkata

The Hindu  

What are the facts? Researchers have come across the first instance of a human being infected by a plant fungus, in this case Chondrostereum purpureum. He is a plant mycologist by profession and dealt with decaying mushrooms and fungi for a prolonged period of time, according to a paper published in the journal Medical Mycology Case Reports. A fungus needs …

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Could deadly fungi survive in our bodies? Is global warming raising that threat?
1 year, 8 months ago

Could deadly fungi survive in our bodies? Is global warming raising that threat?

India Today  

HBO recently released a hit show The Last of Us that showed a global pandemic with the potential of destroying civilisation. Dr Soma Dutta, Consultant Microbiologist, Apollo Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals, Kolkata, who was one of the authors of the case study, opened up on how climate change could cause a cross-over of fungal infections in human beings, explaining that the …

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Drug resistance to fungal infections increasing: ICMR report
3 years, 3 months ago

Drug resistance to fungal infections increasing: ICMR report

Hindustan Times  

There has been a sustained increase in drug-resistant pathogens, according to the latest annual report of the Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Surveillance Network released on Friday, which surveys infections in large hospitals, and has found an increase in the number of cases that were hard to treat with currently used antimicrobials. The findings reinforce concerns around the overuse of antimicrobials …

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Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say
3 years, 10 months ago

Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say

LA Times  

Cars drive along the Golden Gate Bridge under an orange, smoke-filled sky in the middle of the day as massive wildfires burned in Northern California on Sept. 12. The diversity of microbes that we’ve found are really mind-bending.” As this recent fire seasons suggests, the need to understand what’s in the wildfire smoke we can’t help but breathe and how …

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