In India, the first case of human infection with a deadly fungal disease for plants was recorded. journal reports Medical Mycology Case Reports.
According to the source, the 61-year-old mushroom picker went to the doctor after suffering from a sore throat for three months. During the examination, the doctors determined that the man had an abscess in his windpipe and sent the patient for surgery.
After the surgeons cleared the trachea of pus, they sent samples of the biomaterial for analysis. The laboratory found that the cause of the disease was the fungus Chondrostereum Purpureum.
Previously, doctors believed that a deadly fungus for plants could not harm a person. Scientists noted that only a few hundred of the millions of fungi found in the environment can infect humans and animals.
“Many new pathogenic fungi have emerged over the past few decades,” the doctors said.
Now the Indian is already completely healthy, he has been discharged from the hospital.
Previously, a resident of Chuvashia infected with anthrax, said about the conditions of the infection.