Mycology

• Fungi causing disease in otherwise healthy hosts (tropical climates)

  • Histoplasma capsulatum

  • Blastomyces dermatitidis

  • Coccidiodes immitis

  • Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis

• Aspergillus

• Dermatophytes

  • Trichophyton mentagrophytes

  • Microsporum audonii

  • Epidermophyton floccosum

• Bread moulds

  • Mucor

  • Penicillium

• Candida

  • Candida albicans

  • Candida tropicalis

• Cryptococcus neoformans

• Pneumocystis carinii