A man in Atlanta has been diagnosed with a severe case of saxophone lung. Though the name of the condition seems odd, its quite appropriate, since saxophonists, clarinetists and other wind-instrument players are among those who contract the illness most often. Doctors were confounded by the mans persistent coughing and wheezing, which lasted about a year and didnt respond to antibiotics, steroids or other treatments, NBC News reports. Then, he mentioned in passing that he played the clarinet in a Dixieland jazz band. When researchers from Emory University in Atlanta examined the mans clarinet and reed, they found a rich mass of Exophiala, a fungus usually found in decaying wood and soil. There was very impressive fungal growth on those, Dr. Marissa Shams of Emory University told NBC. Basically, he was kind of breathing in this fungus. [Microscopic
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:30:43 +0000
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