A PATIENT infected with fungus is in a 'serious' condition following the deaths of two others with a separate fungal infection.

As told yesterday in the Evening Times, two patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital were found to have a fungal infection, which has now been identified as Mucor.

It came after two patients died after treatment for fungal infection Cryptococcus, which is linked to pigeon droppings.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said one patient with Mucor is stable while the other is in a serious condition.

A spokesman said: "Two patients have tested positive for Mucor, which is a type of fungi.

"One patient, who does not require treatment for this, is stable.

"The second patient remains in a serious condition."

Of the two patients who died, an elderly person died of "unrelated causes" after being treated for Cryptococcus.

However, the circumstances surrounding a second death, believed to be of a child who was also infested, are still unknown and an investigation has been launched.

Control measures were immediately put in place at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital last Friday after two cases of the infection were discovered.