Mycoses are the infections and diseases caused by fungi.
Keywords: pathogenic fungi; human infections; morphogenesis; dimorphism; adaptation; virulence
Mycoses
George S Kobayashi, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000371
| References | |
| Batanghari JW, Deepe GS Jr, Di Cera E and Goldman WE (1998) Histoplasma acquisition of calcium and expression of CBP1 during intracellular parasitism. Molecular Microbiology 27: 531–539. | |
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| Further Reading | |
| Dixon DM, McNiel MM, Cohen ML, Gellen BG and La Montagne JR (1996) Fungal infections: a growing threat. Public Health Reports 111: 226–235. | |
| book Kwon-Chung KJ and Bennett JE (1992) Medical Mycology. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. | |
| book Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS and Pfaller MA (1998) Medical Microbiology. St Louis: Mosby-Year Book. | |
| book Vanden Bossche H, Stevens DA and Odds FC (1997) Host–Fungus Interplay. Bethesda: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. | |
