Abstract

MORALES RESTREPO, Nathalie  and  CARDONA-CASTRO, Nora. Diagnostic methods in mycology. CES Med. [online]. 2018, vol.32, n.1, pp.41-52. ISSN 0120-8705.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.32.1.5.

Diagnosis of fungal infections is a clinical and therapeutic problem of current interest due to the increase and severity of disseminated infections. For this reason in recent years have been mainly seeking new methods for fast and accurate diagnosis. At present we have traditional methods like KOH, culture, histopathology and serology, and more recently molecular methods that allow greater speed and sensitivity in diagnosis. This review emphasizes the importance of mycological diagnosis methods for dermatology and general medicine, as due to ignorance in this field, patient preparation is not adequate and secondly the difficulty in interpreting results and treatment choice are misleading.

Keywords : Mycology; Diagnosis, KOH, PCR, Cultures; Serology.

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