Fungal Diseases - Columbia University

Candidiasis – Candida albicans - thrush, vulvovaginitis. Aspergillosis – Aspergillus - lung disease. PCP: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. OPPORTUNISTIC pneumonia of immune compromised individuals. Especially of AIDS patients . All people are exposed to the organism but do not get the disease. Discovered in 1908 - misclassified as a protozoan ................
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