This note covers
the following topics: Superficial Mycoses and Their Fungi, Dermatophyte and
Dermatophytosis, Dematiaceae and Subcutaneous Mycoses, Pathogenic Yeast:
Candidiasis, Pathogenic Yeasts: Neoformans Cryptococcosis, Histoplasmosis and
Ajellomyces (Histoplasma) capsulatum, Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis and
Coccidioides immitis, Aspergillosis and Mushrooms.
This
note covers the following topics: Medical mycology, Collection and
processing procedures for mycological studies, Saprophytic fungi, Yeasts of
medical importance, Cutaneous fungi, Subcutaneous fungi, Systemic mycoses,
Mycological procedures, Media and reagents, Maintaining stock cultures and
commercial kits.
The main
purpose of the book, as its title implies, is to serve as a primer. The contents
are divided into two parts. The first deals with the clinical, theoretical and
experimental aspects of the subject, the second outlines the laboratory
procedures useful in examining a patient suspected of having one of the various
mycoses.