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INTRODUCTION

IMMUNOLOGY

BACTERIOLOGY

VIROLOGY

PARASITOLOGY

MYCOLOGY

INFECTIOUS DISEASE
 

PART FIVE: MYCOLOGY     

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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 

In this section, we shall be concerned only with the last type.

 

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Introduction 		Classification of fungi, morphology, diagnosis, treatment, clinical classification of mycoses
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Actinomycetes 		Actinomycosis, nocardiosis, streptomycetes
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Yeasts 		Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis

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 CHAPTER FOUR 
Superficial Mycoses 		Ringworm (Tinea): Ecology, etiology, therapy
CHAPTER FIVE  
Filamentous Fungi 		Chromoblastomycosis, mycetomas (fungous tumors), zygomycosis,  aspergillosis
CHAPTER SIX  
Dimorphic Fungi 		Blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, Sporotrichosis
CHAPTER SEVEN

Opportunistic mycoses

Diseases that occur in the immunocompromised patient

Access since August  24, 2002  

 CHAPTER EIGHT

Medical mycology glossary

BACTERIOLOGY    IMMUNOLOGY    VIROLOGY    PARASITOLOGY    MYCOLOGY