Mycosis yana nufin kamuwa da cuta ta hanyar naman gwari na microscopic: muna kuma magana game da shifungal kamuwa da cuta. Cutar yisti tana ɗaya daga cikin cututtukan fata na yau da kullun.

Kodayake gabaɗaya suna shafar fata da mucous membranes, cututtukan fungal na iya shafar gabobin ciki (musamman tsarin narkewa, amma har huhu, zuciya, kodan, da sauransu) kuma mafi ƙarancin tsarin juyayi da kwakwalwa. Waɗannan su ne cututtuka masu tsananin ƙarfi, wasu nau'ikan cututtukan fungal, wanda ake kira cin zali, wanda zai iya zama m.

Haɗarin kamuwa da cututtukan fungal yana ƙaruwa a cikin mutanen da ke da rauni tsarin garkuwar jiki.