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  • British Man Dies After Inhaling Spores Of Garden Fungus

    06/14/2008 5:40:27 PM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 25 replies · 434+ views
    All Headline News ^ | June 14, 2008 | Nidhi Sharma
    London, England (AHN) - A British man has died from kidney failure after inhaling poisonous fungal spores. The 47-year-old died of a fungal lung infection after inhaling spore-laden dust stirred up while gardening. The symptoms started less than 24 hours after he had dispersed rotting tree and plant mulch in the garden. He died in intensive care a week later. By the time the man's doctors realized his condition was aspergillus fungal infection and began appropriate treatment, it was too late to save him. Later tests revealed he had developed acute aspergillosis, a dangerous reaction to aspergillus fumigatus spores. The...