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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.
Animal fungal diseases (1 C, 87 P) D. Deaths from mucormycosis (2 P) F. Fungal plant pathogens and diseases (4 C, 1,431 P) P. Fungal pathogens of humans (43 P)
This category is for diseases of humans or other vertebrates caused by fungi. For fungal diseases of plants, see Plant pathogens and diseases. Subcategories.
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 ".
The World Health Organization has drawn up the first ever list of fungal pathogens posing the greatest threat to human health, warning that some strains are increasingly drug-resistant and ...
WHO fungal priority pathogens are groups of pathogenic fungi that the World Health Organization deems in need of global attention. [1] [2] [3] [4]
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, ... (Actinomycetoma) and fungi Mycetoma: ...
This list is not exhaustive and does not contain many fungi that, although not deadly, are still harmful. For a less-detailed list of fungi that include non-deadly poisonous species, see List of poisonous fungi.