Kolkata man is world's first human to be infected by killer plant fungus
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A 61-year-old man from Kolkata became the first victim of a potentially deadly fungal infection caused by plants. The patient who is a plant mycologist, has been working closely with plants, mushrooms, and fungi for a long time.
He visited the hospital located in Kolkata with complaints of hoarseness of voice, cough, fatigue, recurrent pharyngitis, sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, and anorexia for three months, informed doctors in the journal Medical Mycology Case Reports.
Reference:
Soma Dutta, Ujjwayini Ray,Paratracheal abscess by plant fungus Chondrostereum purpureum- first case report of human infection,Medical Mycology Case Reports,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.03.001.
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