Fungal Disease Awareness Week: August 14–18, 2017

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
• Description:
  August 14–18, 2017, is the first Fungal Disease Awareness Week. CDC and partners have organized this week to highlight the importance of recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough in the course of a patient’s illness to provide life-saving treatment. Some fungal diseases go undiagnosed and cause serious infections in people in the United States and around the world, leading to illness and death. Increased awareness about fungal diseases is one of the most important ways we can improve early recognition and reduce delays in diagnosis and treatment. A key clue to when a sick person may have a fungal infection is that he or she is being treated with medications for other types of infection but does not get better.
  
  We encourage healthcare providers and their patients to “Think Fungus” when symptoms of infection do not get better with treatment.
  
  www.cdc.gov/fungal
  
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• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Fungi/pathogenicity Health Communication Health Promotion Mycoses/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Name as Subject:
  Fungal Disease Awareness Week
• Genre:
  Poster
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
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