Lymphogranuloma Overview. Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), also known as lymphogranuloma inguinale, tropical bubo, Nicholas-Favre disease, and sixth venereal disease, is an infection caused by a variety of the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
mycotoxicosis. 1. poisoning due to a fungal toxin. 2. poisoning due to ingestion of fungi is poisoning caused by fungal toxins, resulting from the ingestion of moldy feeds or as toxins produced by fungi that parasitize living plants externally or live in the tissues of the plants as endophytes.
Moulds that produce mycotoxins are said to be toxigenic (or incorrectly toxic moulds). According to experts, five kinds of mycotoxins are important in human and animal health: aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, fumonisins, certain trichothecenes and zearalenone. It is believed the effect of mycotoxins as a cause of human mortality is underestimated.