PPT-FUNGAL INFECTIONS Fungal infections, or mycoses, are classified as superficial, subcutaneous

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. Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. (Mycoses). Learning Objectives. At the end of the lesson, students will be able to. :. Discuss how fungi cause diseases. Compare and contrast superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic and opportunistic mycoses in terms of characteristics/definition, example of diseases it may cause and its causative . infections . in Portugal. Raquel Sabino. 1. , Cristina . Verissímo. C. 1. , . Célia. Pais. 2. , . David W. . Denning. 3. 1 . Nacional Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge – URSZ- Infectious Diseases Department, Lisbon, Portugal. 30 -1-2017. Dr. . Naza. M. Ali. Antifungal Drugs . . Unlike bacteria, fungi are eukaryotic.. Fungal infections are generally resistant to . . antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial . Jarrod Fortwendel, PhD. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. jfortwendel@southalabama.edu. MSB 2142. Nov. 18-22, 2013. Tinea. . Capitis. in an Adult Woman. 87 . yo. woman presents to her doctor with a 2-year history of . 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.. Dr. . oruba. . * . About 200-300 fungal species are known to cause human infection & ( warm blooded animal ) , fungal infection of human are most common in tropical region but now are increasing drastically in all region . .  . Infection. Number of infections per underlying disorder per year. Rate/100K . Total burden. None. HIV. AIDS. Respiratory. Cancer. ICU. Oesophageal candidiasis. -. 1.413. -. -. -. 2.3. 1.413. Candidaemia. 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 . By : Nader . Alaridah. . MD,PhD. Skin & subcutaneous Mycoses. 1-Superficial mycoses such as . Caused by. Malassezia. 2-Cutaneous mycoses . such as. . Dermatophytes. Cutaneous. . candidiasis. Caused by. Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. 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. Koichi Izumikawa. 1. , Masato . Tashiro. 1. , . Takahiro . Takazono. 1. , . Shintaro . Kurihara. 1. , . Tomomi . Saijo. 2. , . Kazuko . Yamamoto. 2. , . Yoshifumi . Imamura. 2. , . Taiga . Miyazaki. 1.