Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the skin due to localized colonization. Multidrug resistance in the pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata is a growing ...

Antifungal azoles are also widely used as a treatment against pathogenic fungi which can be fatal to humans, which adds to their importance in our attempt to control fungal disease. Azoles target ...

As pathogenic agents, fungi can cause serious diseases in humans, animals and plants. In humans, the skin is frequently affected, for example by the largely harmless condition athlete's foot.

Communicable diseases can be caused either by bacteria or viruses or fungi. An infected person carrying the pathogen can infect the other person by coming in direct physical contact or through the ...