Man Develops Necrotizing Fasciitis After Rare Mucormycosis Infection
When the man in his 60s first hurt his leg, he wasn't too worried about it. He had cut his leg open on the door to his caravan and, like…
When the man in his 60s first hurt his leg, he wasn't too worried about it. He had cut his leg open on the door to his caravan and, like…
At the end of February 2023, workers at the Escanaba Billerud Paper Mill began feeling ill. Their symptoms were reminiscent of atypical pneumonia; some people struggled to breathe. According to…
Getting a rare disease diagnosis can be difficult and take a long time. This can be a problem, as time is something that those with progressive illnesses don't have much…
In the past, researchers believed that Valley Fever, a fungal disease caused by coccidioides fungus, was mostly found in the southwestern United States, as well as areas in Mexico and…
India has been dealing with a harsh second wave of COVID-19, resulting in 300,000 deaths as of Monday, May 24th. Now, there is a new fear for those who have…
Recently, there have been a number of reports of mucormycosis, a rare but sometimes fatal fungal infection, spreading throughout hospitals in India. According to MSN, the fungal illness is becoming…
In a recent study, spearheaded by a team at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, researchers determined that patients with non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) bronchiectasis often had…
According to a publication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, analysis of a large outbreak of blastomycosis in Marathon County, Wisconsin in 2009 found that people of Asian descent were particularly…