Current Progress in Medical Mycology
Infections caused by fungi have recently attracted the attention of both clinicians and basic researchers given the heavy burden they represent for any health system. The mortality and morbidity rates associated to mycosis are progressively rising simply
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Current Progress in Medical Mycology
Current Progress in Medical Mycology
Héctor M. Mora-Montes Leila M. Lopes-Bezerra Editors
Current Progress in Medical Mycology
Editors Héctor M. Mora-Montes Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato, Mexico
Leila M. Lopes-Bezerra Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Preface
It is estimated that the Kingdom Fungi groups have about five million species, and they significantly contribute to the biological interactions that sustain and shape the different ecosystems on Earth. The heterotrophic nature of fungi forces them to interact with other living organisms, and besides some extremophile species, all organisms, unicellular or multicellular, are susceptible to be a source of nutritive macromolecules for the fungal cell. In most of the cases such interaction is established with death cells and tissues, and fungi play a beneficial role helping to clean the environment and recycling the basic building blocks of biomolecules. However, when the interaction occurs with other organisms this could lead to the establishment of mutualistic, commensalism or parasitism. The latter can potentially affect the health and physiological status of the host, leading to the establishment of a disease. Fungi can parasite other fungi, plants, and animals, including the human being. The number of fungal species that cause infections in humans are just a handful, if compared wit
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