Medical Mycology

 

What you will learn

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Outline the basic concepts of fungal taxonomy & ecology.
  • Explain how to identify fungi from clinical specimens and cultures.
  • Define risk factors involved in the development of fungal diseases.
  • Describe systemic antifungal drugs.
  • Discuss the relationship between mucosal and invasive fungal infections with HIV infection.

Description

Fungi are present everywhere! They play a major role in our ecosystem…as main decomposers of organic material, as producers of antibiotics or mycotoxins but also as responsible for human and animal infections. Fungi accounts for more than a billion of people suffering from fungal diseases resulting in at least a million human deaths per year!

The overall arise of fungal diseases is mainly due to major increase of host fungus-interaction opportunity. We can acquire fungi from the community, from the health care system or from international travels in endemic zones.

The Medical Mycology MOOC will provide a general overview starting from the basic concepts of fungal taxonomy & ecology. We will guide you through the different approaches for identification of fungi. You will hear about major trends in invasive fungal diseases as well as subcutaneous mycoses epidemiology, about new populations at risk, and emerging factors involved in the development of diseases. We will also cover topics related to antifungal drugs, and finally you will have an insight into the natural history of superficial and invasive fungal diseases, with a part dedicated to the HIV-associated infections.

Format

This MOOC is organized in 7 chapters. Each chapter is composed of 3 to 7 sessions. Each session is followed by two MCQs, allowing learners to test their understanding. At the end of each chapter, a set of MCQs is offered again. The videos are in English, with subtitles in English, French and Spanish. The MCQs are in English, French and Spanish.


https://www.fun-mooc.fr/en/courses/medical-mycology/

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