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How is a fungal infection causing skin lesions diagnosed?
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In cases where a fungal infection is suspected, a doctor may examine a patient's skin under ultraviolet light using a filter device called a Woods light-under these conditions, certain species will taken on specific fluorescent colors.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoTo determine the cause of an infection, doctors may also take scrapings or swab samples from lesions for examination under a microscope or for use in bacterial, fungal, or viral cultures.
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What does cortisone do to a fungal infection?
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What of the is not a fungal infeccton?
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Ring worm symptoms?
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Can fungal infection be mistaken for adenocarcinoma?
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What does cortisone do to a fungal infection?
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What Fungal infection happen in mucous membrane from over use of antibiotics?
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