Mycology Lecture Notes (.ppt & pdf)

Classification of fungi, morphology, diagnosis, treatment, clinical classification of mycoses


Actinomycosis, nocardiosis, streptomycetes


Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis


Ringworm (Tinea): Ecology, etiology, therapy


Chromoblastomycosis, mycetomas (fungous tumors), zygomycosis,  aspergillosis


Blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, 
paracoccidioidomycosis, Sporotrichosis


Diseases that occur in the immunocompromised patient


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Credits: University of South Carolina School Of Medicine

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Mycology lecture notes

General Properties of Fungi
Aspergillosis and Other Filamentous Fungi
Endemic Mycoses and Cryptococcosis
Early Pre-Emptive Therapy for Hematogenous Candidiasis
Prophylaxis or Preemptive Antifungal Therapy for High-Risk Cancer Patients
Endemic (true systemic) mycoses
Opportunistic Mycoses
Subcutaneous Mycoses
Superficial Mycoses
Candida
Managing Invasive Candidiasis
Sporotrichosis - Progressive suppuration of a finger

DRUGS

Systemic Antifungals
Antifungal Drugs: Modes of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance
Voriconazole and the new azoles
Combination Antifungal Therapy
Lipid-based Antifungal Agents
The role of new antifungal agents in the surgical patient

SOURCE:www.doctorfungus.org

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