MEDICAL MYCOLOGY: IT REFERS TO THE STUDY OF FUNGI WHICH CAUSES
DISEASES IN HUMAN BEINGS INCLUDING THEIR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
THE MYCOLOGICAL PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN THE REGIONAL
AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL LABORATORIES AND THE PROCESS OF THE
SPECIMEN:
- SEROLOGY TESTS: TO DEMONSTRATE ANTIGEN OR ANTIBODY IN THE BLOOD
OR SERUM OF THE SUSPECTED FUNGAL INFECTION.THE SPECIFIC IMMUNE
RESPONSE CAN BE USED FOR DIAGNOSIS.AGGLUTINATION,COMPLEMENT
FIXATION TEST,RADIO IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY, LATERAL FLOW ASSAY ARE
SOME OF THE SEROLOGICAL TESTS.THE MAIN ADVANTAGE IS IT IS QUICKER
AND PROGNOSTIC MARKER
- MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS:SEQUENCING OF FUNGAL RIBOSOMAL TARGETS IS
THE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD.
- DERMATOLOGY SAMPLING : SKIN SCRAPPINGS ARE COLLECTED AS SAMPLE
FOR TESTING FUNGAL INFECTION BY USING BRIGHT-FIELD MICROSCOPY.
SAMPLE SELECTED : BLOOD
- THEY DEPEND ON THE PROTEINS MADE BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM