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Fungal diseases and antifungal resistance are both increasing worldwide. Misdiagnosis is common.
Find a list of fungal diseases and navigate to their sites for more information.
Estimated deaths, hospitalizations, outpatient visits, and financial burden of fungal diseases.
Appropriate use of antifungals in people, plants, and animals helps prevent antifungal resistance.
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Investigating Fungal Disease Outbreaks
Guidance for reporting fungal disease outbreaks, requesting CDC assistance, and response resources.
Trending topics in fungal diseases
The fungus Aspergillus affects lungs in people with weak immunity. Antifungal resistance is growing.
Blastomycosis is a lung infection caused by a fungus that lives in soil in parts of the U.S.
The emerging fungus, C. auris can cause severe multidrug-resistant illness in hospitalized patients.
Candidiasis occurs when Candida, a yeast that lives in parts of the body, grows out of control.
Histoplasma, a fungus in soil, bird, and bat droppings in areas in the U.S., causes lung infections.
Ringworm and nail infections are common fungal infections. Ringworm causes a ring-shaped rash.
Valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) is a lung infection from a fungus in soil in parts of the U.S.
FungiNet is a network for molecular surveillance and genomic epidemiology for fungal diseases.
Find lab protocols for fungal diagnostics and testing and submit specimens.
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Join CDC each September for Fungal Disease Awareness Week (FDAW). Think fungus to save lives.
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