PPT-Fungal infections Fungal infections:

Dermatophyte infections Ringworm Tinea Candidiasis Yeasts Pityriasis Versicolor Yeasts Dermatophyte infections Also known as ringworm infections Three types of . Denning . DW. 1. , Pegorie M. 2. , . Welfare . W. 2. ,3. 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona, . Spain, May 2014. 1. National . Aspergillosis. Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester and The University of Manchester, Manchester . Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs. Fungal Infections. Locations of fungal infections. Fungi. are found in soil, air, and contaminated food.. Mycoses are infections or diseases caused by a fungus.. Types of infections. Estimated burden of fungal infections in Kenya John A Guto 1 ,4 , Christine C Bii 2 , David W Denning 1 , 3 ,4 1 LIFE program at Fungal Infection Trust , Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom 2 M Dr. . Gitanjali. . Khulbe. I MDS (OMDR). What are Fungi?. Fungi are a large group of microorganisms . that constitute a kingdom within the domain . . Eukaryota. . . “Ubiquitous” microorganisms causing degradation of organic material, hence form key components in food and biotechnology industries.. Fungal . Rhinosinusitis. Acute invasive . Severe immunologic compromise. Chronic invasive. Intact immune systems . N. on. -. invasive. Intact immune systems, neither over nor under responsive. e.g. fungus balls. Local . C. hallenges. Dr. Afia Zafar . MBBS, DCP, FRCPath. Department . of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, . The Aga Khan . University. Plan . Introduction . Burden of disease. Challenges: Diagnostics and capacity . II. Synthetic . Antifungal . Drugs. III. Other . Antifungal Drugs. 1. Antifungal antibiotics:. Amphotericin. . (. amphotericin. B. ). Is . a mixture of antifungal substances derived from cultures of . Page 1 of 2 3 /1 6 Fungal Infections of the Skin (Ringworm, A thlete ’ s f oot, Jock i tch) What are f ungal i nfections of the skin ? These are skin infections caused by a family of fungi. Page 4 of 4 ow to prevent the spread of fungal nails Using the same nail clippers or files for all nails can cause the infection to spread to healthy nails. Instead, you should use a separate dispos Introduction : . Some fungi live on the skin as part of the normal skin flora while. others come into contact with the skin through the environment. and animals. Superficial fungal infections attack the epidermis,. B 104. Level 1 . - Fungi are more closely related to animals than . . . . plants. Fungi are heterotrophic: . . they use complex organic compounds as sources of energy . . and carbon, not photosynthesis. They are also classified by the kind of fungus which causes the infection, which may be a filamentous fungus (mould) or a yeast, or may vary between these two forms depending on the environmental conditions (dimorphic fungi).. Koichi Izumikawa. 1. , Masato . Tashiro. 1. , . Takahiro . Takazono. 1. , . Shintaro . Kurihara. 1. , . Tomomi . Saijo. 2. , . Kazuko . Yamamoto. 2. , . Yoshifumi . Imamura. 2. , . Taiga . Miyazaki. 1.