Mycosis

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Epidemiology 3 Pathology 4 Pharmacology 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 References

More Specific Terms

• actinomycosis
• aspergillosis
• Blastomycosis
• candidiasis
• chromoblastomycosis (chromomycosis)
• coccidioidomycosis
• cryptococcosis
• dermatophytosis
• ecthyma gangrenosum
• ergotism
• fungal arthritis
• fungal cystitis
• fungal meningitis
• fungemia (systemic fungal infection, fungal septicemia)
• fusariosis
• histoplasmosis
• keratomycosis
• moniliasis
• mucormycosis (Zygomycosis, Phycomycosis)
• onychomycosis
• otomycosis
• paracoccidioidomycosis
• paronychia
• petriellidosis
• phaeohyphomycosis
• pneumocystosis
• pseudallescheriosis
• rhinosporidiosis
• sporotrichosis
• Tinea
• yeast infection

Epidemiology

• serious fungal infections are found in:

• 2% of patients at autopsy
• 10% of patients with solid tumors
• up to 40% of patients with leukemia

• 15% of renal transplant patients have a fungal infection at some time
• many pathogenic fungi are saprophytes

Pathology

• almost all mycoses produce granulomas

Pharmacology

• resistance to azoles ( pyrroles & triazoles) is more common then with polyenes & echinocandins

More General Terms

• infection (infectious disease)
• granulomatous disease

Additional Terms

• antifungal agent
• fungus culture
• saprophyte

References

1. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 807
2. Fungal Infections: NIH Institute and Center Resources [1]

mycosis; fungal infection