Introduction to Clinical Mycology

Introduction

February 2012

Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories' Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussions of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.

Our presenter for this program is Dr. Glenn Roberts, a Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Microbiology, as well as a consultant in the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Roberts provides a 4-part introduction to clinical mycology, including culture and identification of organisms encountered in the clinical practice. This is Part 3 in the series. Thank you, Dr. Roberts.

Thank you, Sharon, for that introduction.

Introduction

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• Introduction to Clinical Mycology
• Culture Variation of Cryptococcus neoformans–Medium Dependent
• Enhancement Supplements for Fungal Recovery Media
• Use of Cycloheximide
• Cycloheximide: Fungi Inhibited
• Aspergillus fumigatus
• Effect of Cycloheximide–Aspergillus niger
• Culture of Coccidioides immitis on a Medium with Cycloheximide
• Treatment of Contaminated Specimens
• Typical Overgrowth of Culture Plate
• Culture of Blastomyces dermatitidis After Ammonium Hydroxide Treatment
• Use of Culture Dishes: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Use of Culture Dishes: Dehydration of Media
• Use of Tubes for Culture: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Use of Culture Tubes
• Incubation of Cultures
• Culture Incubation
• Culture Examination
• Sealing of Culture Dish to Prevent Contamination
• Mitey Big Problem
• Introduction to Clinical Mycology
• Questions