Introduction to Clinical Mycology
Part One
What Are Fungi?
November 2011
Well, what are these fungi in general? We mentioned Hetetrophic. They break down organic matter. They have chitin in the walls. They have ergosterol in the cell membrane. They have an organized nucleus. They reproduce by asexual spores again, most often. And if it happened to be a mold, they produce hyphae which you can see on this left hand photograph, they are nothing more than filaments that look like garden hoses underneath the microscope. And if it happens to be a yeast, they produce single cells that reproduce by budding and often times a few more structures in there.
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- Introduction
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- Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections
- Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections
- Clinical Mycology: Laboratory Involvement
- Fungal Infections: General Features
- Fungal Infections: Clinical Classification
- Fungal Infections: Classification
- Superficial Infections: Examples
- Fungi Related to Superficial Infections
- Subcutaneous Infections: Examples
- Fungi Related to Subcutaneous Infections
- Systemic Infections: Examples
- Fungi Related to Systemic Infections
- Opportunistic Infections: Examples
- Fungi Related to Opportunistic Infections
- Fungi: General Features
- Fungi: General features (Continued)
- Examples of Fungi
- Importance of Fungi
- What Are Fungi?
- Fungi: Morphology of Molds
- General Terms Used in Clinical Mycology
- Typical Mold Colonies
- Glabrous Mold Colonies
- Hyphae
- Septate Hyphae
- Dematiaceous Septate Hyphae
- Nonseptate Hyphae
- Introduction to Clinical Mycology
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