Mycology
Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that do not contain chlorophyll, but have cell walls, filamentous structures, and produce spores. These organisms grow as saprophytes and decompose dead organic matter. There are between 100,000 to 200,000 species depending on how they are classified. About 300 species are presently known to be pathogenic for man.
There are four types of mycotic diseases:
1. Hypersensitivity - an allergic reaction to molds and spores.
2. Mycotoxicoses - poisoning of man and animals by feeds and food products
contaminated by fungi which produce toxins from the grain substrate.
3. Mycetismus- the ingestion of preformed toxin (mushroom poisoning).
4. Infection
Mycotic Tutorial
| CHAPTER
ONE Introduction |
Classification of fungi, morphology, diagnosis, treatment, clinical classification of mycoses |
| CHAPTER
TWO Actinomycetes
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Actinomycosis, nocardiosis, streptomycetes |
| CHAPTER
THREE Yeasts
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Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis |
| CHAPTER
FOUR Superficial Mycoses
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Ringworm (Tinea): Ecology, etiology, therapy |
| CHAPTER
FIVE Filamentous Fungi
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Chromoblastomycosis, mycetomas (fungous tumors), zygomycosis, aspergillosis |
| CHAPTER
SIX Dimorphic Fungi
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Blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, Sporotrichosis |
| CHAPTER
SEVEN
Opportunistic mycoses |
Diseases that occur in the immunocompromised
patient
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