Diagnosis of Fungal diseases

Becky's story
Becky underwent a double lung transplant for cystic fibrosis and drug resistant aspergillosis on May 29th 2011

Becky with friends Graduation Party - time

Recovering with her mum
Feeling better

On the way to hospital

Becky Jones is only 20 but already she has made history twice by being the first patient to have a lung transplant with multi-resistant Aspergillus and also multiple fungal balls in her old lungs. On May 29, 2011 she underwent a double lung transplant at UHSM (University Hospital of South Manchester) after being airlifted from her home in Dublin by helicopter. She had been on the waiting list for over a year and was accepted for transplant only because the hospital at Wythenshawe also houses the National Aspergillosis Centre, which specialises in the treatment of multiresistant Aspergillus infection.

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Becky with friends	Graduation	Party - time
	Recovering with her mum	Feeling better
On the way to hospital
Becky Jones is only 20 but already she has made history twice by being the first patient to have a lung transplant with multi-resistant Aspergillus and also multiple fungal balls in her old lungs. On May 29, 2011 she underwent a double lung transplant at UHSM (University Hospital of South Manchester) after being airlifted from her home in Dublin by helicopter. She had been on the waiting list for over a year and was accepted for transplant only because the hospital at Wythenshawe also houses the National Aspergillosis Centre, which specialises in the treatment of multiresistant Aspergillus infection.