MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A fungal infection outbreak in Middle Tennessee that has sickened more than 30 people and killed one is raising concerns about whether similar cases could occur elsewhere in the state, including West Tennessee.
The illness, histoplasmosis, is caused by Histoplasma, a fungus that lives in soil.
Dr. Steve Threlkeld, an infectious disease specialist at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, said Tennessee sits in one of the highest-risk regions in the country…