Diagnosis, management, and prevention of fungal diseases (mycoses)
Medical mycology
are among the most difficult disease to diagnose and treat
Mycoses
signs are often missed or misinterpreted and are often resistant to antifungal agents
Mycoses
Fungi and their spores are almost everywhere in the environment, and most will experience
mycosis
Most are not contagious with the expection of
Mycoses; dermatophytes
True Pathogens (4)
blastomyces, coccididodes, histoplasma, paracoccidiodes
fungal diseases in humans are often
opportunisitc