PPT-Fungal Infections By: Mohammad Shqeirat

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. 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. 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. 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 Dermatophyte. infections (. Ringworm/. Tinea. ). Candidiasis (. Yeasts. ). Pityriasis. . Versicolor. (. Yeasts. ). Dermatophyte. infections . Also known as ringworm infections.. Three . types of .  . 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 . 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 . Pareek. 1. Challenge. Eukaryotes. Difficult to find selective toxicity in eukaryotes than prokaryotes. Fungal infections r more frequent as opportunistic infections in immunocompromised. Cell membrane essential component- sterol. Immunocompromised. Patients. Dr Anita Verma MD. Consultant Microbiologist. Department of Medical Microbiology & Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, Foundation, NHS trust, London. Benedict K, Thompson GR, Deresinski S, Chiller TM. Mycotic Infections Acquired outside Areas of Known Endemicity, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015;21(11):1935-1941. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.141950. 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.