The World Health Organisation published its first list of species posing the biggest threat to health, warning of a rise in deadly fungal infections.
Up to 39 per cent of covid patients on ventilators in intensive care have picked up a secondary infectious disease in the last five years.
During the Covid peak in February 2021, the number of weekly diagnostic tests sent to the MRL nearly doubled.
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Even if people survive the disease, it can leave them blind if it spreads into the bones, brain and eyes.
The growth is being fueled by an increase in drugs that affect the immune system, and experts warn that the geographic range of harmful fungi is increasing due to climate change.
The MRL saw a four-fold increase in the number of clinical samples in the year before the Pandemic.
The director of the WHO said that global crises are turning fungi against humans.
Many of the fungi are found in soil, plants, decaying food, the air and mucus of healthy people.
The British explorer Levison Wood was bitten by Histoplasma spp while he was in Mexico.
The fungus can be found in bird and bat droppings, but it can also be found in the air and can cause serious illness if it is breathed in.
Mr Wood told the Daily Mail that he was so sick he thought he might die.
1.7 million people die each year as a result of fungal disease, according to the World Health Organization.
The immune system can fight off infections in healthy people, but it can be life threatening in sick people or people with compromised immune systems.
A team of 30 researchers analysed 6,000 scientific papers and sought advice from more than 400 international fungus experts.
"Fungi are the 'forgotten' infectious disease," said Dr. Beardsley, who led the study group.
We barely understand the size of the problem because they have been neglected.
The Aspergillus fumigatus, which affects the lungs and is becoming increasingly resistant to some antifungals, is one of the most worrisome. Between 47 and 88 per cent of patients are killed by resistant strains.
The emergence of Candida Auris is worrying experts as it is resistant to most antifungals and presents a huge treatment challenge for hospitals.
It is so pervasive that affected hospital wards have to be closed for a long time.
Cryptococcus neoformans is a leading cause of death for people with HIV.
The British explorer Levison Wood was bitten by Histoplasma spp while he was in Mexico.
The fungus can be found in bird and bat droppings, but it can also be found in the air and can cause serious illness if it is breathed in.
Levison told the Daily Mail that he felt so sick that he thought he would die.
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