Medical Mycology (fungi)
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- dermatophytes
- infecting the skin, hair, and nails (include: Epidermophyton, Mircospasm, Trichophyton
- Tinea capitis
- scalp
- Tinea corporis
- body
- Tinea pedis
- athlete’s foot
- Tinea Manuum
- palm
- Tinea barbae
- beard
- Tinea unqiuim
- nails
- Histoplasmosis
- Histoplasma capsulatum (respiratory tract infection)
- Coccidiomycosis
- Coccidiodes immitis (respiratory tract infection)
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcous neoformans (found in pigeon droppings)
- Candidiasis
- Candida albicans (opportunistic infection)
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)=
- pneumocytis carinii (thought to be a protozoa..now thought of as a yeast-like fungus)