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Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection. [ 3 ] Symptoms most often include fever and flank tenderness. [ 2 ] Other symptoms may include nausea, burning with urination, and frequent urination. [ 2 ] Complications may include pus around the kidney, sepsis, or kidney failure.
Coccidioidomycosis is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the endemic areas of the United States. [4] Infections usually occur due to inhalation of the arthroconidial spores after soil disruption. [4] The disease is not contagious. [4] In some cases the infection may recur or become chronic.
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 yeast ...
Pathogenic fungus. 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 ...
This Infection Can Be Confused With COVID—But It’s Caused By a Fungus. Valley fever cases are on the rise in California. The fungal infection can cause severe disease. Experts share the signs ...
Sporotrichosis by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. Cutaneous or skin sporotrichosis. This is the most common form of this disease. Symptoms of this form include nodular lesionsor bumps in the skin, at the point of entry and also along lymphnodes and vessels. The lesion starts off small and painless, and ranges in color from pink to purple.
Nephritis can often be caused by infections and toxins, but it is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders that affect the major organs like kidneys. [5] Pyelonephritis is inflammation that results from a urinary tract infection that reaches the renal pelvis of the kidney. [6]
Encephalitozoon cuniculi. C. Levaditi, Nicolau & R. Schoen, 1923 [1] Encephalitozoon cuniculi is a microsporidial parasite of mammals with world-wide distribution. An important cause of neurologic and renal disease in rabbits, E. cuniculi can also cause disease in immunocompromised people. Its current accepted name is Nosema cuniculi.