Microbiology: Mycology

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Análisis exhaustivo de los hongos patógenos para el ser humano: estructura, patogénesis, clasificación clínica, diagnóstico de laboratorio y terapéutica antifúngica con correlaciones clínicas de alto impacto.

What it covers

1. Complete Mycology
2. Introduction to Medical Mycology
3. · Increasing Clinical Relevance: The Century of Mycoses
4. · General Characteristics that Distinguish Fungi
5. · Brief History of Medical Mycology
6. Fungal Structure and Physiology
7. · The Fungal Cell Wall — Virulence Center and Therapeutic Target
8. · The Nucleus and the Fungal Genome
9. · Nutrition and Fungal Metabolism
10. · Fungal Reproduction
11. Taxonomy and Classification of Fungi
12. · Clinical Classification of Mycoses
13. Morphology: Yeasts, Molds and Dimorphic Fungi
14. · Yeasts
15. · Molds (Filamentous Fungi / Molds)
16. · Dimorphic Fungi — The Host Adaptation Paradigm
17. Dermatophytosis: Ringworms
18. · The Three Dermatophytic Genera
19. · Clinical Presentations of Dermatophytosis
20. Other Superficial Mycoses
21. Subcutaneous Mycoses
22. Endemic and Systemic Mycoses
23. · Histoplasmosis — The Most Frequent Systemic Mycosis in the Americas
24. · Coccidioidomycosis — San Joaquin Valley Fever
25. · Paracoccidioidomycosis — The Endemic Mycosis of Latin America
26. Candidiasis — Full Spectrum
27. · Candida species with clinical importance
28. · Virulence Factors of Candida albicans
29. · Clinical Forms of Candidiasis
30. Aspergillosis — Full Clinical Spectrum
31. · Morphological Characteristics of Aspergillus
32. · Clinical Spectrum of Aspergillosis
33. Cryptococcosis — Fungal Meningitis
34. · Virulence Factors of Cryptococcus neoformans
35. · Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis — Clinical Picture
36. Mucormycosis — Fulminant Angioinvasion
37. · Pathogenic Triad of Mucormycosis
38. · Clinical Forms
39. · Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis — The Most Characteristic Form
40. Pneumocystis jirovecii — PCP and Prophylaxis
41. · Particular Biology of Pneumocystis
42. · Epidemiology and Pathogenesis
43. · Clinical Picture of PCP
44. Other Relevant Opportunistic Mycoses
45. Mycological Laboratory Diagnosis
46. · Sample Processing for Mycology
47. · Direct Microscopy
48. · Mycological Cultivation
49. · Serological and Antigen Diagnosis
50. · Identification by MALDI-TOF and Molecular Biology
51. Antifungals: Mechanisms of Action and Resistance
52. · Classes of Antifungals — Exhaustive Analysis
53. · Antifungal Resistance
54. Antifungal Immunity
55. · Recognition of Fungi by the Innate Immune System
56. · Antifungal Effector Cells
57. · Adaptive Immunity: The Th1, Th2 and Th17 Response