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Antibiotics can cause life-threatening fungal infection, says new study

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Antibiotics can cause life-threatening fungal infection, says new study

Each year, fungal infections kill nearly the same number of people as tuberculosis each year. The infection takes hold mostly in vulnerable people because they have a defective immune system caused by an underlying disease, such as a viral infection (HIV or Covid-19), or cancer. Antibiotics can cause immune system defects that increase the risk … Read more