Medical mycology as part of medical microbiology is advancing rapidly. Effective therapeutic strategies are already available in chemotherapy and are being further developed. Their application requires reliable laboratory diagnostic techniques, which, in turn, result from mycological basic research. Opportunistic mycoses vary greatly in their clinical and pathological symptoms, because the unde...

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Medical mycology as part of medical microbiology is advancing rapidly. Effective therapeutic strategies are already available in chemotherapy and are being further developed. Their application requires reliable laboratory diagnostic techniques, which, in turn, result from mycological basic research. Opportunistic mycoses vary greatly in their clinical and pathological symptoms, because the unde...

Takanobu Kan'", Shun$uke Takahagi'", Akiko Kamegashira', Hiroshi Ooiwa^ Takashi YaguchP and Michihiro Hide'* 'Department of Dermatology, Programs for Biomédical Researcii, Division of Molecular Medicai Science, Graduate School of Biomédical Sciences, -Department of Clinicai Immitnoiogy and Rlieumatology, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, and ^Medical Mycology Re...

*Study carried out in the Mycology Laboratory of the Santa Casa-Medical Complex and in the Hospital Sanatório Partenon, Secretaria de Saúde e Meio Ambiente(HSP-SSMA, Partenon Sanatorium Hospital, Department of Health and Environment), Porto Alegre, RS.. Correspondence to: Luiz Carlos Severo. Laboratório de Micologia, Hospital Santa Rita, Santa Casa-Complexo Hospitalar. Rua Annes Dias 285, CEP: ...

6 Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of 7 Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Veterinary 8 Mycology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 9 University of Liège, Liège, Belgium; Dermatology and Venereology Department, Laboratory of 10 Mycology, Centr...