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Pityriasis versicolor: This fungal infection occurs when yeast overgrows on the skin.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
For six months in 2022, Sharp, then 47, suffered from thrush—a common fungal infection that affects 75 percent of women in their lives.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized Feb. 14 after a long bout with bronchitis that left him breathless at times, and which quickly developed into double pneumonia and revealed a polymicrobial — viral, bacterial and fungal — respiratory infection.
—Colleen Barry and Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Coconut Oil Coconut oil has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine to fight a wide range of ailments, including bacterial and fungal infections.
—Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
For six months in 2022, Sharp, then 47, suffered from thrush—a common fungal infection that affects 75 percent of women in their lives.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized Feb. 14 after a long bout with bronchitis that left him breathless at times, and which quickly developed into double pneumonia and revealed a polymicrobial — viral, bacterial and fungal — respiratory infection.
—Colleen Barry and Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Coconut Oil Coconut oil has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine to fight a wide range of ailments, including bacterial and fungal infections.
—Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Fungal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fungal. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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fungal
adjective
fun·gal
ˈfəŋ-gəl 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling fungi
2
: caused by a fungus
a fungal skin disease
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