fungal infectious disease
disease caused by fungi to animals or humans
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Summary
fungal infectious disease is a class of disease[1]. It draws 2,956 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #381 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: infectious disease[3], bacterial infection and mycosis[4], disease[5]
- Commons category: Diseases and disorders due to fungi[6]
- Has cause: fungi[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Animal fungal diseases[8], Category:Fungal diseases[9]
- Possible treatment: antifungal[10]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Mycoses[16]
- ICD-9-CM: 110-118.99[17], 117.9[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3245[19]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[20]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: itraconazole[21], natamycin[22], 5-fluorocytosine[23], ketoconazole[24], clotrimazole[25], terbinafine[26], chlorhexidine[27], amphotericin B[28], fluconazole[29]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1564[30], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1564[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[32]
Why It Matters
fungal infectious disease has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]