Mycosis

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Related Terms 5 Scope Note 6 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

eumycotic mycetoma, fungal infection, fungus disease, sporotrichosis

Broader Terms

communicable disease

Narrower Terms

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

Related Terms

fungal antigen, Fungi, Fusarium, mitosporic Ascomycota

Scope Note

disease caused by a fungus.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• This study examined in both sexes whether genital mycosis is as strongly associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sexual risk behavior as are other sexually transmitted diseases.
• The incidence of invasive mycosis is increased in AIDS patients; an analysis of medical records of 35,232 HIV-infected patients who attended outpatients clinics in 10 US cities between 1990 and 1998 revealed that the incidence of invasive aspergillosis was 5.
• Avian gastric mycosis is most commonly diagnosed antemortem by demonstration of the organism in the feces, either by use of a quick stain or Gram stain of fecal smears, or wet-mount analysis of fresh droppings.
• A mycosis is an infectious disease caused by a fungus.
• Of these variants, mycosis fungoides is the most common and sometimes has been used indiscriminately to describe all cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCL).
• uk/reference/ Content starts here DICTIONARIES Computers Difficult Words English Frames not supported Frames not supported Index mycosis n.
• mycosis SYLLABICATION:mycosis PRONUNCIATION: m-kss NOUN:Inflected forms: pl.
• mycosis see fungal infection.

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