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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.