Microbiata

Classic histories and their microbes Click here to start quiz[qwiz random=”true” align=”center”] [q unit=”Infectious_Diseases” topic=”Classic_Histories”] Seafood poisoning; fishermen, “coastal slipways”, wounds inflicted by angry sea organisms. [c]IFNob3cgbWUgdG hlIGFuc3dlcg==[Qq] [f]IFZpYnJpbyB2dWxuaWZpY2Fucw==[Qq] [q unit=”Infectious_Diseases” topic=”Classic_Histories”] Abattoir workers, cattle farmers; haemoptysis, pneumonia, heart failure and infective endocarditis. [c]IFNob3cgbWUgdG hlIGFuc3dlcg==[Qq] [f]IENveGllbGxhIGJ1cm5ldGlpIEFLQSAmIzgyMjA7USBmZXZlciYjODIyMTs=[Qq] [q unit=”Infectious_Diseases” topic=”Classic_Histories”] Encephalitis following a flying fox bite […]

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Fungi and Antifungal Therapy

Types of Fungi: Yeasts (single celled) Molds (multicellular, hyphated) Dimorphous (can have yeast and mold forms) – very common for human pathogens Fungal components Nucleus (they’re eukaryotes after all, where the DNA lives) Cytosol (with organelles, where the proteins are made) Cell membrane (regulates transmembrane transport) Cell wall (structural integrity to the cell) Examples of […]

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