A Chinese man's bizarre habit of sniffing his dirty socks landed him in the hospital after it led to him developing a serious ...

A bronchoscopy confirmed the diagnosis: he was suffering from a fungal lung infection caused by the Aspergillus fungus — a ...

In today's edition of bizarre news from around the world is a man who developed a fungal infection in his lungs after smelling his own socks every day after work. Scientists have discovered a way ...

The fluorescence microscopic image shows epithelial cells (large, irregular structures) and fungal spores (small, spherical structures). If the fungal spores are surrounded by p11, they appear green.

He underwent CT and MRI scans ... bronchoscopy showed that Li Qi was suffering from a fungal lung disease caused by aspergillus infection." Breathing in tiny spores of aspergillus mould can ...

fungal organism ... as those who’ve had lung or blood stem cell transplants. But the drugs don’t cover every type of mold. Mucormycosis — a rare but aggressive infection - is notoriously ...

A man in China was diagnosed with a serious fungal lung infection reportedly caused by a rather unusual habit- regularly sniffing his dirty socks. The incident, which took place in Chongqing in ...

Fungal infections (mycoses ... “Especially aspergillosis and histoplasmosis -- lung infections, can mimic pulmonary tuberculosis on CT chest imaging,” says Dr. Capoor. This often leads ...

When most people think of dangerous infections, they picture bacteria ... a soil-dwelling fungus; a lung transplant recipient coughing up mold nodules - fungal growths scattered throughout his ...