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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection equals MYCOSES or specific mycosis
Scope Note
A large and heterogenous group of fungi whose common characteristic is the absence of a sexual state. Many of the pathogenic fungi in humans belong to this group.
Entry Term(s)
Deuteromycetes
Deuteromycota
Fungi imperfecti
Fungi, Mitosporic
Hyphomycetes
NLM Classification #
QW 180.5.D38
Previous Indexing
Fungi (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note
99; see DEUTEROMYCETES 1973-98; for HYPHOMYCETES see HYPHOMYCETES 1986-98, see MONILIALES 1963-85; for MADURELLA & GLIOCLADIUM see HYPHOMYCETES 1986-98
A large and heterogenous group of fungi whose common characteristic is the absence of a sexual state. Many of the pathogenic fungi in humans belong to this group.