This note covers the following topics: Overview of Mycology, Classifications of Fungi, Laboratory Methods in Medical
Mycology, Techniques for Identification of Fungi, Laboratory ID, Saprophytes,
Yeasts, Bacteria, Types of mycoses based on body site and Systemic mycoses.
This note covers the following topics: Fungal classifications, Fungal
thallus types, Spores, Kinetics of fungal growth, The fungal cell wall, Biology
of yeasts, Hyphal aggregates, Life cycle regulation caused by hormones, Fungal
physiology and biochemistry.
In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of
fungal infections in the period 1850–2000. We consider four sets of diseases:
ringworm and athlete’s foot; thrush or candidiasis ; endemic, geographically
specific infections in North America and mycotoxins; and aspergillosis.