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Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [ 5][ 13] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic. [ 3][ 6] Superficial fungal infections include common tinea of the skin, such as tinea of the body, groin, hands, feet and beard, and ...
Prognosis. Good with treatment, poor if widespread disease [ 1] Sporotrichosis, also known as rose handler's disease, [ 2] is a fungal infection that may be localised to skin, lungs, bone and joint, or become systemic. [ 2][ 4] It presents with firm painless nodules that later ulcerate. [ 3]
Candidiasis is a fungal infection due to any species of the genus Candida (a yeast ). [ 4] When it affects the mouth, in some countries it is commonly called thrush. [ 3] Signs and symptoms include white patches on the tongue or other areas of the mouth and throat. [ 3] Other symptoms may include soreness and problems swallowing. [ 9]
Dermatophytosis. Dermatophytosis, also known as tinea and ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin [ 2] (a dermatomycosis ), that may affect skin, hair, and nails. [ 1] Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. [ 1] Hair loss may occur in the area affected. [ 1] Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. [ 1]
Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Although fungi are eukaryotic, many pathogenic fungi are microorganisms. [ 1] Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans; [ 2] their study is called " medical mycology ". Fungal infections are estimated to kill more people than either tuberculosis or ...
Zygomycosis is the broadest term to refer to infections caused by bread mold fungi of the zygomycota phylum. However, because zygomycota has been identified as polyphyletic, and is not included in modern fungal classification systems, the diseases that zygomycosis can refer to are better called by their specific names: mucormycosis [1] (after Mucorales), phycomycosis [2] (after Phycomycetes ...
Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [ 3][ 4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [ 11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [ 9][ 12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [ 11] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs. [ 13][ 14] It most commonly infects the nose, sinuses ...
The fungi tend to spread to areas of skin that are kept warm and moist, such as with insulation (clothes), body heat, and sweat. However, the spread of the infection is not limited to skin. Toe nails become infected with fungi in the same way as the rest of the foot, typically by being trapped with fungi in the warm, dark, moist inside of a shoe.