Fungal Infection
Current as of: April 1, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine
A fungal infection is an infection caused by a fungus. Fungal infections may affect the skin (for example, athlete’s foot or jock itch), nails (for example, fungal nail infections), or hair (for example, ringworm of the scalp and beard). Fungal infections are usually treated by putting medicine directly on the skin…