Fungal Infections

Fungal — scientific infographic poster

The Infections (7)

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Aspergillosis

The mold in compost and grain that colonizes damaged lungs

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Histoplasmosis

The Ohio/Mississippi valley fungus from bird and bat droppings

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Blastomycosis

The Great Lakes soil fungus that mimics pneumonia and cancer

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Valley Fever

Coccidioides: the desert-dust fungus of the Southwest

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Cryptococcosis

The pigeon-dropping yeast with a taste for the brain

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Mucormycosis

The aggressive "black fungus" of uncontrolled diabetes

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Sporotrichosis

"Rose gardener's disease" from thorns and sphagnum moss

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Systemic fungal infections are the overlooked group — often caught from soil, bird or bat droppings, or decaying plants, and frequently misdiagnosed for months as pneumonia or cancer. Most affect healthy people mildly and immunocompromised people severely.

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