Animal and human disease

Human and animal epidermis can be attacked by fungi, causing superficial damage and discomfort like ringworm infections, athlete’s foot, and thrush. Other deeper, systemic fungal infections of the  lung  and  central nervous and  lymphatic systems cause much more  serious diseases, for  example,  aspergillosis, coccidiomycosis,  blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, and  pneumocystis pneumonia are  all caused by fungi.  Although most humans experience superficial fungal infections and survive, these deeper diseases are especially dangerous for the immunocompromised patient after transplantation, and the HIV-positive population.