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Smoking appears to increase the risk of invasive fungal infections, particularly from dimorphic fungi

A meta-analysis by Pourbaix et al found a overall risk ratio of 1.41 when comparing risk of IFI in smokers to non-smokers, particularly for infections caused by dimorphic fungi such as histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and coccidioidomycosis

Published August 27, 2020
Categorised as Uncategorized Tagged Dimorphic, Invasive, lifestyle, smoking
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