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  2. Rhinophyma - Wikipedia

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    Rhinophyma develops in certain individuals with an unknown predisposition from long-standing rosacea which has progressed to a severe form. [2]Although rhinophyma has been commonly presumed to be linked to alcoholism, a direct causal relationship between the condition and excessive alcohol consumption has not been substantiated. [2]

  3. Mucormycosis - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. Pseudogymnoascus destructans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common ... - AOL

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    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.

  6. Conidiobolomycosis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Zygomycosis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Rhinosporidiosis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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