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Rhinophyma is a condition causing development of a large, bulbous nose associated with granulomatous infiltration, commonly due to untreated rosacea. [1] The condition is most common in older white males.
Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3] [4] is a severe fungal infection [11] that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [12] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [ 9 ] [ 13 ] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [ 12 ]
P. destructans is a psychrophilic fungus, able to grow below 10 °C (50 °F) and with an upper limit near 20 °C (68 °F). This fungus produces brown and grey colonies, secretes a brownish pigment and reproduces asexually via characteristically curved conidia when cultured on Sabaouraud dextrose agar. The asymmetrically curved conidia are ...
The same fungus can also cause athlete’s foot and jock itch. Ringworm is contagious, so avoid touching people and pets or sharing objects like towels with others during flareups.
Though the floor of the nose and inferior turbinate are the most common sites, the lesions may appear elsewhere too. Traumatic inoculation from one site to others is common. Laryngeal rhinosporidiosis, [7] too, has been described and may be due to inoculation from the nose during endotracheal intubation. After inoculation, the organism ...
Conidiobolomycosis is a rare long-term fungal infection that is typically found just under the skin of the nose, sinuses, cheeks and upper lips. [3] [4] It may present with a nose bleed or a blocked or runny nose. [4] Typically there is a firm painless swelling which can slowly extend to the nasal bridge and eyes, sometimes causing facial ...
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In the spiny rodents, the fungus causes a condition known as hyperkeratosis, which makes them to grow layer after layer of scaly skin, impeding their mobility and eventually making it impossible ...