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Fungal infections are getting harder to treat (www.nbcnews.com)

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The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. It's growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it.

Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more resistant to available drugs, according to research published Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe.

The study focused on infections caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a fungus that is ubiquitous in soil and decaying matter around the world. Aspergillus spores are inhaled all the time, usually without causing any problems. But in people who are immunocompromised or who have underlying lung conditions, Aspergillus can be dangerous.

The fungus is one of the World Health Organization’s top concerns on its list of priority fungi, which notes that death rates for people with drug-resistant Aspergillus infections range from 47%-88%.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Another consequence of climate change

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I think the first season of the last of us did a great job of making fungus scary. They had scenes from disparate parts of the world with experts explaining the risk or discussing it on tv.

I think the second season was poorer for not having it. For not having any world outside the immediate world of the main characters. It makes sense as it's set many years later but making sense doesn't make it better. The first season did forward and back Junos in time if it served the story.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Don’t worry, I hear Sam Altman is working on fixing that.