Fungal Infections

This tutorial deals with infections caused by fungi. These range from primary and opportunistic infections that cause life-threatening disease to common infections that cause little more than minor irritation. Below is a range of topics covering the fungal infections of major importance for you to select:

General introduction
Fungal pathogens
Types of infection
Systemic mycoses
Systemic mycoses - diagnosis
Systemic mycoses - culture
Systemic mycoses - serology
Systemic mycoses - molecular diagnosis
Treatment of mycoses
Treatment of mycoses - amphotericin B
Treatment of mycoses - flucytosine
Treatment of mycoses - azoles
Laboratory monitoring of anti-fungal therapy
Systemic candidosis
Diagnosis of systemic candidosis
Treatment of systemic candidosis
Introduction to aspergillosis
Allergic aspergillosis
Aspergilloma
Invasive aspergillosis
Diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
Treatment of invasive aspergillosis
Cryptococcosis
Diagnosis of cryptococcosis
Treatment of cryptococcosis
Link to list of subjects

Page edited April 2006

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