Two dead after pigeon droppings infection at Glasgow hospital
by Simon Murphy and David Connett from World news | The Guardian on (#47BC8)
Patients believed to have inhaled cryptococcus at Queen Elizabeth University hospital
Two patients have died at a hospital after contracting a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings.
The individuals are thought have caught the airborne disease at the Queen Elizabeth University hospital in Glasgow after inhaling the fungus cryptococcus, typically found in soil and pigeon droppings.
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