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Two patients died in a hospital after contracting a fungal infection with pigeon droppings.
It is thought that individuals caught airborne disease at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow after inhaling the cryptococcus fungus, usually present in the soil and pigeon droppings.
The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), which runs the hospital, has opened an investigation into the outbreak. He added that the probable source of the pigeon droppings was a non-public room, supposed to contain machinery, which has now been cleaned up.
According to the NHSGGC, "control measures" have been introduced, which means equipment to filter the air in some parts of the hospital, and that some patients, especially children, likely to "get out of the way". be vulnerable to the disease, have received medication.
The health commission said that the second deceased patient was an elderly person and the death was due to an unrelated problem. He stated that he could not share more details about the case because of the confidentiality of the patient.
Teresa Inkster, NHSGGC Senior Consultant for Infection Control, said, "Cryptococci live in the environment around the world. It rarely causes an infection in humans. People can become infected after breathing microscopic fungi, although most people who are exposed to it never get sick. "
She added that there had been no other cases since the introduction of control measures. "We continue to monitor air quality and these results are being badyzed. Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff remains our priority, "she added.
Portable air filters have been installed to rebadure "vulnerable patients," said the NHSGGC, adding that the body was "harmless to the vast majority of people and rarely caused diseases in humans." A group of hospital patients is transferred to the hospital "due to its clinical diagnosis and ongoing treatment".
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