The nurse is reading the patient's medical record and discovers the patient has a mycosis and interprets this as meaning what?
A) An infection caused by a fungus
B) A fungus normally found on mucous membranes
C) A systemic fungal infection
D) A fungal infection with a secondary bacterial infection
A
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A mycosis is simply a fungal infection. It does not give any indication of type or where it is found and has nothing to do with a bacterial infection.
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