Medical Laboratory Medical Microbiology II

General characteristics of fungus diseases, types of mycoses and properties; opportunistic fungi diagnosis and chemotherapy. Systemic mycoses (Cryptococcosis, Blastomycoses, Histoplasmosis, Coccidioidomycoses). Opportunistic mycoses (candidiasis, Phycomycoses, Aspergilloses etc.). Subcutaneous mycoses (e.g. maduromycoses, sporotrichoses, Chromoblastmycosis, etc.). Cutaneous mycoses – dermatophytoses, superficial mycoses, etc.

General properties, pathogenesis, diagnosis, epidemiology and control and recognition of fungi. The ermatropic and viscerotropic viruses. Smallpox, cowpox and vaccination; measles, rubella, chickenpox and Shingles. Herpesviruses. Yellow fever; lassa fever, Hep A and B, influenza, arbo viruses. The neutrotropic viruses (rabies, poliomyelitis, ancephalitis, Lymphocytic Chorimeningitis virus, mumps viral transformation and types of tumours and viruses. Oncogene theory, etc. Viral gastroenteritis; miscellaneous viruses.