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Introduction of Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) Potato Dextrose Agar ( PDA) is a fungal medium and its ingredients are clear from its name it contains potato ( vegetable), dextrose ( sugar), and agar ( solidifying agent). PDA is recommended for the isolation and enumeration of fungi …
Introduction of Corn Meal Agar (CMA) Corn Meal Agar (CMA) is a well-established fungal medium that is a suitable substrate for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans and the maintenance of fungal stock cultures. This is a very simple formulation containing only cornmeal infusion and agar. The addition of glucose …
Introduction of Aspergillus The genus Aspergillus has more than 180 species, among them, 38 are responsible to cause disease (able to grow at 37◦C. They are common in the environment. Aspergillus species are emerging pathogens which are ubiquitous molds that infect immunocompetent ( rarely) and immunocompromised …
Introduction of Medical/Clinical Mycological Information links Nearly 1.5 million environmental fungal species out of which 8000 plant pathogens and 300 human pathogens respectively but such scenarios have changed rapidly in recent years. Prolonged steroid use, recent neutropenia, diabetes mellitus, cancer (AML), and rheumatologic conditions are the …
List of Fungal Diseases A fungal infection is called mycosis. Even though most fungi are harmless to humans, some of them are etiological agents of fungal diseases under specific conditions like prolong steroid use, recent neutropenia, diabetes mellitus, cancer (AML), and rheumatologic conditions. . The …
Introduction of Yeasts and Molds Yeasts are small round or oval in shape, eukaryotic, single-celled microbes classified as members of the fungus kingdom. The first yeast emerged hundreds of millions of years ago, and at least 1,500 species are presently recognized. They are estimated to …
Definition of Dermatophytes Dermatophytes are a common label for a group of three types of keratinophilic fungi that infect keratinized tissues causing diseases known as dermatophytoses and they are Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton that commonly cause skin, nail, and hair disease in our body. Differences among Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton The …