Diagnostic testing for fungal diseases.

摘要: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms (with a nucleus) similar to animal cells along with algae, higher plants, and protozoa. Unlike cells, fungi have rigid cell walls, unlike plant lack chlorophyll. More than 200,000 species of been characterized. Most perform an essential function returning nutrients back the soil from plants digesting various biological materials like cornified epidermis (hair, horns, nails) found in environment. There large number fungal that pathogens, only approximately 200 identified or recognized be pathogenic animals humans [1]. The Kingdom has its own specific physiology makes unique their pathogenesis drug resistance. Saprophytic ubiquitous normally environment (soil, water, plants). Saprophyte can cause disease. Although immunocompetent animal’s immune system clear saprophytes, immunosuppressed allows saprophyte invade tissues. In these cases, saprophytes known as opportunistic fungi, possible fatal outcome [2]. Dimorphic highly zoonotic [2] capable causing disease host. These present molds soils, entering by way respiratory tract becoming invasive yeast at temperature human host dimorphic restricted geographically also endemic systemic deep mycoses people exposed do not become ill, those who less 10% develop extrapulmonary dissemination