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Lethal fungi are becoming drug-resistant—and spreading

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Abstract

FOR MANY people, the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance has become synonymous with bacteria that can withstand antibiotics. That conflation makes sense. Bacterial infections kill almost 8m people a year, and most are associated with resistant bacteria. But in recent years another kind of microbe has displayed worrying levels of resistance: fungi.
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  • Publication Date
    23 April 2025
  • Primary Author
    The Economist
  • Source
    The Economist
  • Language
    English
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