Introduction to Clinical Mycology

Opportunistic Infections: Examples

November 2011

Opportunistic Infections: Examples are Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis, Aspergillosis, Zygomycosis and a whole lot more. The list could go on and on because we see organisms, that we have never thought would cause disease, cause disease in patients here and cause substantial infection, and often that leads to death.

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• Introduction
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• Fungal Infections: Classification
• Superficial Infections: Examples
• Fungi Related to Superficial Infections
• Subcutaneous Infections: Examples
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• Systemic Infections: Examples
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• Opportunistic Infections: Examples
• Fungi Related to Opportunistic Infections
• Fungi: General Features
• Fungi: General features (Continued)
• Examples of Fungi
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• What Are Fungi?
• Fungi: Morphology of Molds
• General Terms Used in Clinical Mycology
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