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Using named examples of pathogens and the mycoses they cause, discuss the importance of fungi as agents of human disease

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Importance of fungi as an agent of disease in humans

Fungi are micro organisms which are multi-cellular in form with cell membranes which have sterols and a peptidoglycan layer . With time fungi has continued to cause various number of human disease . In fact , fungal diseases are more rampant all over the world as opposed to the earlier reports that some fungi are not known to cause human diseases in some regions . Also , the number of species of fungi is highly increasing day by

day with the increment of researched in mycology . This paper addresses the different types of fungal infections (mycoses ) and the different diseases that they cause

To begin with , mycosis is defined as the resultant disease caused by fungi when they cross the barrier of the body and cause disease . Mycosis or mycoses refers to disease caused by fungi . The chemo-heterotrophic saprophytic , aerobic characteristics as well as absorption and mode of fungal nutrition are very important in their pathogenecity responsible for the causation of mycoses (Chernin , 2001 , 16

To begin with , there are some types of fungi which cause superficial mycosis . This is a type of fungal infections which affect the skin appendage like skin , hair and the nails . The groups of fungi which cause these superficial fungal infections are known as the cutaneous dermatophytes . These cause a group of appendageal infections known as the tinea . There are different types of tinea infections which are cause by different types of fungi . First , tinea...

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