Franche-Comté. Mysterious contamination by a fungus: a Doubs resident narrowly escapes death

Maurice Pernot, a resident of Blussangeaux in the Doubs department, is slowly recovering from a fungal infection that attacked his sinuses, ears, skull, and even two carotid arteries. His infection remains a mystery today because, on paper, he showed no risk factors that would have allowed it to spread.

Maurice Pernot was a victim of the Aspergillus fungus, which generally attacks immunocompromised people. Photo: Lionel Vadam

When Maurice Pernot, a 64-year-old retired farmer, read in our columns about the potential danger posed by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus , he thought it was a bad joke. By coincidence, he had recently returned to his village of Blussangeaux, after a six-week hospital stay at the CHRU (hospital center) in...

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