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Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3] [4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [9] [12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [11] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs.
The human nose is the first organ of the respiratory system. It is also the principal organ in the olfactory system. The shape of the nose is determined by the nasal bones and the nasal cartilages, including the nasal septum, which separates the nostrils and divides the nasal cavity into two. The nose has an important function in breathing.
Pseudogymnoascus destructans (formerly known as Geomyces destructans) is a psychrophilic (cold-loving) fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fatal disease that has devastated bat populations in parts of the United States and Canada. Unlike species of Geomyces, P. destructans forms asymmetrically curved conidia.
The danger triangle of the face consists of the area from the corners of the mouth to the bridge of the nose, including the nose and maxilla. [1] [2] : 345–346 Due to the special nature of the blood supply to the human nose and surrounding area, it is possible for retrograde infection from the nasal area to spread to the brain, causing ...
Candida albicans is the most common cause of fungal infection in people, particularly as oral or vaginal thrush, often following taking antibiotics. Risk factors. Fungal infections are more likely in people with weak immune systems.
Fungal sinusitis or fungal rhinosinusitis is the inflammation of the lining mucosa of the paranasal sinuses due to a fungal infection. It occurs in people with reduced immunity. The maxillary sinus is the most commonly involved. Fungi responsible for fungal sinusitis are Aspergillus fumigatus (90%), Aspergillus flavus, and Aspergillus niger ...
Most fungus gnats are weak fliers, and can often be seen walking rapidly over plants and soil, rather than flying. However, when airborne, the gnats may be quite annoying to humans by flying into their faces, eyes, and noses, both indoors and outdoors.
Specialty. Infectious diseases, veterinary medicine. Orf is a farmyard pox, a type of zoonosis. [2] It causes small pustules in the skin of primarily sheep and goats, but can also occur on the hands of humans. [3] A pale halo forms around a red centre. [4]
A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease in North American bats which has resulted in the dramatic decrease of the bat population in the United States and Canada, reportedly killing millions as of 2018.
Infectious diseases. Tinea capitis (also known as "herpes tonsurans", [1] "ringworm of the hair", [1] "ringworm of the scalp", [1] "scalp ringworm", [2] and "tinea tonsurans" [1]) is a cutaneous fungal infection ( dermatophytosis) of the scalp. [3] The disease is primarily caused by dermatophytes in the genera Trichophyton and Microsporum that ...