Fungal infectious disease

MedGen UID:: 6486
•Concept ID:: C0026946
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:	Disease, Fungal; Disease, Fungus; Diseases, Fungal; Diseases, Fungus; Fungal Disease; Fungal Diseases; Fungal Infection; Fungal Infections; Fungus Disease; Fungus Diseases; Fungus Infection; Fungus Infections; Infection, Fungal; Infection, Fungus; Infections, Fungal; Infections, Fungus; Mycoses
SNOMED CT:	Mycotic disease (3218000); Mycoses (3218000); Mycosis (3218000); Fungal infection (3218000); Disease caused by fungus (3218000); Fungal infectious disease (3218000); Fungus infection (3218000)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0002041

Definition

An infection caused by a fungus. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVFungal infectious disease

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Clinical finding
  - Finding by Cause
    - Infection
      - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
        Fungal infectious disease
        Aspergillosis
        Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
        Neuroaspergillosis
        Pulmonary aspergilloma
        Blastomycosis
        Infection by Blastomyces dermatitidis
        Candidiasis
        Candidiasis, Invasive
        Candidemia
        Chronic Candidiasis
        Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
        Congenital candidiasis
        Cutaneous candidiasis
        Disseminated candidiasis
        Esophageal candidiasis
        Mucocutaneous candidiasis
        Neonatal candidiasis
        Oral candidiasis
        Oropharyngeal Candidiasis
        AIDS-Related Oropharyngeal Candidiasis
        Vulvovaginal candidiasis
        AIDS-Related Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
        Coccidioidomycosis
        Cryptococcoses
        Cryptococcal meningitis
        Cryptococcosis
        AIDS-Related Cryptococcosis
        Cryptococcal gastroenteritis
        Pulmonary cryptococcosis
        Dermatomycosis
        Chromomycosis
        Hyalohyphomycosis
        Alternariosis
        Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis
        Fusariosis
        Lobomycosis
        Mycetoma
        Actinomycotic mycetoma
        Pityriasis versicolor
        Sporotrichosis
        Tinea infection
        Onychomycosis
        Tinea capitis
        Tinea cruris
        Tinea pedis
        Fungal endophthalmitis
        Fungal esophagitis
        Fungal infection of central nervous system
        Fungal meningitis
        Coccidioidal meningitis
        Fungal infection of eye
        Suppurative uveitis
        Panophthalmitis
        Fungal lung infectious disease
        Pneumocystosis
        AIDS-Related Pneumocystis Pneumonia
        Geotrichosis
        Histoplasmosis
        Disseminated histoplasmosis
        Pulmonary histoplasmosis
        Invasive fungal infection
        Fungemia
        Microsporidiosis
        Encephalitozoonosis
        Otomycosis
        Paracoccidioidomycosis
        Phaeohyphomycosis
        Piedra
        Pneumocystis infectious disease
        Trichosporonosis
        Zygomycosis
        Mucormycosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Multilocus Sequence Typing Reveals both Shared and Unique Genotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans in Jiangxi Province, China.

Chen YH, Yu F, Bian ZY, Hong JM, Zhang N, Zhong QS, Hang YP, Xu J, Hu LH
Sci Rep 2018 Jan 24;8(1):1495. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20054-4. PMID: 29367679 Free PMC Article

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Comparison of CT findings and histopathological characteristics of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.

Wang DX, Zhang Q, Wen QT, Ding GX, Wang YG, Du FX, Zhang TY, Zheng XY, Cong HY, Du YL, Sang JZ, Wang MD, Zhang SX
Sci Rep 2022 Apr 5;12(1):5712. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09794-6. PMID: 35383254 Free PMC Article

Surgical management of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in Africa: A systematic review of 891 cases.

Bongomin F, Olum R, Kwizera R, Baluku JB
Mycoses 2021 Oct;64(10):1151-1158. Epub 2021 Aug 15 doi: 10.1111/myc.13359. PMID: 34363630

Recurrent fever of unknown fungal infection in a low-risk patient: A case report.

Guo TM, Ye Y, Huang LL, Cheng B
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Aug;98(33):e16908. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000016908. PMID: 31415438 Free PMC Article

Evaluation of Aspergillus IgG, IgM antibody for diagnosing in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: A prospective study from a single center in China.

Guo Y, Bai Y, Yang C, Gu L
Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Apr;98(16):e15021. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000015021. PMID: 31008929 Free PMC Article

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Diagnosis

Exploratory Research for New Diagnostic Markers of Mucormycosis.

Kakeya H
Med Mycol J 2024;65(2):29-32. doi: 10.3314/mmj.24.002. PMID: 38825527

First Japanese case of disseminated blastomycosis imported from North America: A case report.

Ogura Y, Yaguchi T, Kasamatsu Y, Nakagawa Y, Yamada T, Maruyama A, Miyagawa-Hayashino A, Takayama K, Shibuya K, Kakeya H, Kamei K
J Infect Chemother 2023 Oct;29(10):988-992. Epub 2023 Jun 5 doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2023.06.004. PMID: 37286133

PET/CT Manifestations of a Case of Penicilliosis Marneffei Misdiagnosed as Lung Cancer.

Cheng Y, Li WM, Wang SX, Shao D
Clin Nucl Med 2023 Apr 1;48(4):e167-e169. Epub 2023 Jan 12 doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004531. PMID: 36728208

Cell wall polysaccharides from pathogenic fungi for diagnosis of fungal infectious disease.

Ahamefula Osibe D, Lei S, Wang B, Jin C, Fang W
Mycoses 2020 Jul;63(7):644-652. Epub 2020 May 26 doi: 10.1111/myc.13101. PMID: 32401381

Simultaneous dermatophytosis and keratomycosis caused by Trichophyton interdigitale infection: a case report and literature review.

Zhang M, Jiang L, Li F, Xu Y, Lv S, Wang B
BMC Infect Dis 2019 Nov 21;19(1):983. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4612-0. PMID: 31752715 Free PMC Article

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Therapy

First Japanese case of disseminated blastomycosis imported from North America: A case report.

Onychomycosis: Current Understanding and Strategies for Enhancing Drug Delivery into Human Nail Tissue.

Aslam R, Hussain T, Yousaf AM, Ghori MU, Khan IU, Rizvi SAA, Shahzad Y
Curr Drug Res Rev 2021;13(1):25-35. doi: 10.2174/2589977512666200731171505. PMID: 32735534

A young male with chronic nonproductive cough diagnosed with blastomycosis in China: a case report.

Wang N, Luo Z, Deng S, Li Q
BMC Pulm Med 2020 Jul 11;20(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s12890-020-01225-4. PMID: 32652975 Free PMC Article

Simultaneous dermatophytosis and keratomycosis caused by Trichophyton interdigitale infection: a case report and literature review.

Zhang M, Jiang L, Li F, Xu Y, Lv S, Wang B
BMC Infect Dis 2019 Nov 21;19(1):983. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4612-0. PMID: 31752715 Free PMC Article

Harnessing Hsp90 function as a powerful, broadly effective therapeutic strategy for fungal infectious disease.

Cowen LE, Singh SD, Köhler JR, Collins C, Zaas AK, Schell WA, Aziz H, Mylonakis E, Perfect JR, Whitesell L, Lindquist S
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Feb 24;106(8):2818-23. Epub 2009 Feb 5 doi: 10.1073/pnas.0813394106. PMID: 19196973 Free PMC Article

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