What is Fungal infections?
What is Fungal infections?
- Fungal infections: Any condition caused by fungus.
- Fungal infections: 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
Fungal infections: Introduction
Types of Fungal infections:
Types of Fungal infections:
What causes Fungal infections?
Causes of Fungal infections: see causes of Fungal infections
Risk factors for Fungal infections:
see
risk factors for Fungal infections
What are the symptoms of Fungal infections?
Symptoms of Fungal infections:
see symptoms of Fungal infections
Fungal infections: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Fungal infections.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Fungal infections.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Fungal infections:
see treatments for Fungal infections
Research for Fungal infections:
see research for Fungal infections
Society issues for Fungal infections
Hospitalization statistics for Fungal infections:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Fungal infections:
- 0.03% (3,734) of hospital episodes were for mycoses in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 81% of hospital consultations for mycoses required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital episodes for mycoses were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital episodes for mycoses were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31% of hospital admissions for mycoses required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Fungal infections
Main name of condition: Fungal infections
Class of Condition for Fungal infections: parasite fungal
Other names or spellings for Fungal infections:
Fungi, Fungus, Fungal disease, Fungal diseases, Fungal condition, Fungal conditions, Mycoses, Mycosis, fungi, fungus
Mycete, Mycoses, Mycosis, Fungus and fungal infections, Fungi
Source - Diseases Database
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