New Delhi, Nov 23 (TIWN) Two patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recently died due to the presence of a drug-resistant pathogen called Aspergillus lentulus during the treatment at AIIMS.

Aspergillus lentulus, according to open-source medical literature, is a human pathogen with a high mortality rate that causes infection in the lungs. While cases have been reported from various countries in the past, doctors indicate that these might be the first such incident reported in India with this species of Aspergillus.