What Is a Fungal Infection? A fungal infection, also called mycosis, is a skin disease caused by a fungus. There are millions of species of fungi. They live in the dirt, on plants, on household ...
Minnesota health officials are warning of an outbreak of a contagious fungal skin infection. The condition is triggered by Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII), the same fungal species ...
Cases of a potentially deadly fungus have risen to an alarming rate — sparking a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it is an "urgent threat" in a recent release ...