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Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

  • Written by Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Mycology, University of Pittsburgh
Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threatThis is a medical illustration of an drug-resistant fungus, _Aspergillus fumigatus_. Stephanie Rossow/CDC

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