TWO patients have been treated for a further fungal infection at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Health bosses announced this afternoon that an infection control team last night managed a fungal infection with one patient requiring treatment.

The second did not need any treatment.

It comes after it emerged one of the two patients who died in the hospital after contracting an infection linked to pigeon droppings was a child.

Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman confirmed a post-mortem examination carried out on the youngster showed the Cryptococcus bacteria was a contributory factor in their death.

An earlier patient at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was also found to have an infection caused by inhaling the fungus Cryptococcus, which is primarily found in soil and pigeon droppings, but Ms Freeman confirmed it did not contribute to their death.

This new fungal infection is, Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS said, unconnected to the Cryptococcus bacteria.

The likely source, a water leak, has been identified and repaired and other investigations continue.

A spokesman for the health board said: "It is important to recognise that the staff at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital provide excellent care to many thousands of patients admitted every year and that the hospital has very good clinical outcomes."

After visiting the hospital on Tuesday morning, the Health Secretary said: "I have agreed a review, with external expert advice, that will look at the design of the building, the commissioning of the work, the construction of the building, the handover of the building and the maintenance of the building, in order to ensure we identify where issues were raised that should have been addressed and where maintenance programmes now should be perhaps more robust or more frequent."

Ms Freeman announced the review after setting out "clear factual points" on the two patient deaths to MSPs at Holyrood.

Pigeon droppings appeared in a plant room on the hospital's rooftop via a small break in the wall, which was "invisible to the naked eye", Ms Freeman said.

Adding it was still unclear how the bacteria had entered the ventilation system, she said a review would be carried out in the design, build, handover and maintenance of the flagship hospital.

It was built for the Scottish Government at a cost of some £842 million and opened at the end of April 2015.

The NHSGGC spokesman added: "We were pleased to welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport today to the hospital to speak to staff, management and patients and families.

"We have reassured Ms Freeman that patient safety is our top priority.

"We are pleased that an external expert advisor is to work with us on a review of the fabric of the hospital to look at issues relating to the design, commissioning, and maintenance programme."