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For medical mycology, fungi are classified according to the disease that is caused by them. A fungal infection is referred to as “mycosis”.
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Presterl, E., Diab-El Schahawi, M., Lusignani, L.S., Paula, H., Reilly, J.S. (2019). Medical Mycology: Fungal Infections. In: Presterl, E., Diab-El Schahawi, M., Reilly, J. (eds) Basic Microbiology and Infection Control for Midwives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02026-2_17
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