mycosis

Japanese: mycosis
mycosis

...They also commonly grow on clothing, building materials, cultural assets, art objects, food, feed, pharmaceutical preparations, and many other things.
[Fungi as pathogenic microorganisms]
Pathogenic fungi that infect the human body are found in all taxonomic groups except for Basidiomycota, and diseases caused by infection with these pathogenic fungi are called mycoses. The pathogenicity of fungi is generally weaker than that of other pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, and many fungi tend to become chronic after infection, but some fungi, such as Cryptococcus neoformans and Histoplasma capsulatum , show acute, severe symptoms and have a high mortality rate.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "mycosis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのほか,被服,建築材,文化財・美術品,食料・飼料,医薬品製剤などあらゆるものに普通に生ずる。カビキノコ【椿 啓介】
[病原微生物としての菌類]
 人体に感染して病原性をもつ菌類は,担子菌類を除くすべての分類群にみられ,これら病原菌類の感染により発症した病気を真菌症mycosisという。真菌の病原性は一般に,細菌やウイルスなどの他の病原微生物に比べて弱く,感染後慢性化の傾向をたどるものが多いが,クリプトコックスCryptococcus neoformansやヒストプラズマHistoplasma capsulatumのように,急性に激烈な症状を示し死亡率の高いものもある。…

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