mycotic

Related to fungi

Mycotic means caused by or relating to a fungus.

The term appears in medical contexts describing fungal infections: mycotic nail infections, mycotic keratitis (a fungal eye infection).

A mycotic aneurysm is a weakened blood vessel wall caused by infection—originally fungal, though the term now covers bacterial causes too.

infection

candidiasis

Yeast-caused fungal infection

thrush · athlete's foot · jock itch · keratitis · paronychia · mycoses · systemic · opportunistic · invasive · superficial

pathogens

aspergillus

Genus of filamentous fungi

spores · hyphae · dimorphic

treatment

fluconazole

Antifungal medication, generic form

topical · oral · prophylaxis · resistance · susceptibility · therapy

clinical

immunosuppression

Reduced bodily defense activation

culture · microscopy · serology · lesion · ulcer · granuloma · abscess · disseminated · localized · chronic

Opposites
pathogen type

mycoticbacterial

Of or from germs

viral · parasitic · protozoal · chlamydial

disease etiology

mycoticaseptic

Free from pathogens

sterile · non-infectious · autoimmune · traumatic · congenital

Family

mycobacterium, mycelium, mycology, mycosis, mycobacteria, mycologist, mycelia, mycological, mycoprotein

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