By Ethan Covey
Many immunosuppressed patients were exposed to mold following Hurricane Harvey in Texas, often while cleaning their houses and the area without adequate respiratory protection, according to a new CDC report (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68(21):469–473).
This finding is concerning because immunosuppressed people could be at risk for invasive mold infections that carry mortality rates as high as 50%.