Reviewing Fungal Infections
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Symptoms may include itching, burning, soreness, redness, swelling, pain during intercourse or urination, and a thick, white discharge that is usually odorless and may resemble cottage cheese. Common sites of cutaneous candidiasis include the axilla (armpit), the area under the breast, the groin region, the intergluteal cleft, and on the hands and feet. It mainly affects people living in regions of the United States and Canada surrounding the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys and the Great Lakes (7). This fungal infection is commonly associated with hyperglycemia, metabolic (diabetic, uremic) acidosis, corticosteroid therapy, and neutropenia, transplantation, heroin injection, and administration of deferoxamine (15). Other molds that can cause allergies and infections in humans include Stachybotrys chartarum, Alternaria alternata, Lomentospora prolificans, Scedosporium apiospermum, Cladosporium, and Penicillium.
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