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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: 

  • Hypersensitivity - an allergic reaction to molds and spores
     
  • Mycotoxicoses - poisoning of man and animals by feeds and food products contaminated by fungi which produce toxins from the grain substrate
     
  • Mycetismus - the ingestion of preformed toxin (mushroom poisoning)
     
  • Infection by a fungus

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

 

 

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THE CHAPTER NUMBERS ARE LINKED TO ILLUSTRATED HTML PAGES
 

 

CHAPTER ONE   NEW VERSION
Introduction
Classification of fungi, morphology, diagnosis, treatment, clinical classification of mycoses

 

  CHAPTER TWO  
Actinomycetes
Actinomycosis, nocardiosis, streptomycetes
  CHAPTER THREE   NEW VERSION
Yeasts

 
Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis

 

  CHAPTER FOUR   NEW VERSION
Superficial Mycoses
      
 
Ringworm (Tinea): Ecology, etiology, therapy

 

  CHAPTER FIVE   NEW VERSION
Filamentous Fungi

 
Chromoblastomycosis, mycetomas (fungous tumors), zygomycosis,  aspergillosis
  CHAPTER SIX   NEW VERSION
Dimorphic Fungi

 
Blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, Sporotrichosis
  CHAPTER SEVEN
Opportunistic mycoses
Diseases that occur in the immunocompromized patient
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CHAPTER EIGHT
Medical mycology glossary

 

 
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