Mycosis

Introduction: Mycosis

Description of Mycosis

Mycosis (medical condition): Fungi and yeasts are multi-celled plants that are parasites. An everyday example of a fungus is mushrooms. However, the fungi that cause human disease are usually very small fungi. There are a few common human fungal conditions ...more

Mycosis: See also:

Fungal infections:
  »Introduction: Fungal infections
  »Symptoms of Fungal infections

Mycosis: Any disease caused by a fungus.

Mycosis: , pl. mycoses Any disease caused by a fungus (filamentous or yeast). [myco- + G. -osis, condition]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Mycosis: A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live as saprobes or parasites, including mushrooms, yeasts, smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies (mushrooms and molds).
Source: Diseases Database

Mycosis: disease caused by a fungus.
Source: CRISP

Mycosis as a Disease

Mycosis: Another name for Fungal infections (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Fungal infections
  »Symptoms of Fungal infections

Symptoms of Mycosis (Fungal infections)

Some of the symptoms of Mycosis incude:

• Alopecia
• Annular lesions
• Pustules
• Rash
• Onycholysis

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Mycosis: Article Excerpts about Fungal infections

A fungus is actually a primitive vegetable. Fungi can be found in air, in soil, on plants, and in water. Thousands, perhaps millions, of different types of fungi exist on Earth. The most familiar ones to us are mushrooms, yeast, mold, and mildew. Some live in the human body, usually without causing illness. In fact, only about half of all types of fungi cause disease in humans. Those conditions are called mycoses. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)

Mycosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Mycosis:

• candidiasis syndromes
• intertrigo
• paronychia
• onychomycosis
• oral thrush
• mucosal candidiasis
• systemic candidiasis
• hepatosplenic candidiasis
• fungemia
• granulocytopenia
• oropharyngeal candidiasis
• OPC esophageal candidiasis
• vulvovaginal candidiasis
• VVC
• cutaneous candidiasis syndromes
• chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

Terms associated with Mycosis:

Terms Similar to Mycosis:

• Fungus and fungal infections
• Fungi
• Mycete
• Mycoses

Source: Diseases Database

More specific terms for Mycosis:

• aspergillosis
• blastomycosis
• candidiasis
• coccidioidomycosis
• cryptococcosis
• dermatomycosis
• histoplasmosis
• Pneumocystis pneumonia

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Mycosis

• communicable disease

Source - CRISP

The term Mycosis can be used for:

• eumycotic mycetoma
• fungal infection
• fungus disease
• sporotrichosis

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Mycosis:

• fungal antigen
• Fungi
• Fusarium
• mitosporic Ascomycota

Source: CRISP

External links related to: Mycosis

• Management of Poisoning by Unknown Fungi
• Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Source: Diseases Database

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