What if you got a penicillium infection?

T. marneffei has been found in bamboo rats and their burrows, but people who touch or eat these rats are not more likely to get sick from T. marneffei. ... Vanittanakom N, Cooper CR, Jr., Fisher MC, Sirisanthana T. read more

Penicillium can, however, also be an airborne threat; many species have been found present in the air and dust of residences and public buildings. read more

The discovery of penicillin from the fungus Penicillium chrysogenum (then known as Penicillium notatum) by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928, perfected the treatment of bacterial infections. The name Penicillium comes from the resemblance of the spore producing structures (conidiophores) of the fungus to a paintbrush (penicillus is the Latin word for paintbrush). read more

Penicillium species are usually regarded as unimportant in terms of causing human disease. Penicillium marneffei, now called Talaromyces marneffei, discovered in 1956, is an exception. This is the only known thermally dimorphic species of Penicillium, and it can cause a lethal systemic infection with fever and anaemia similar to disseminated cryptococcosis. read more