Educational resources on the internet
Malcolm Richardson & Peter Donnelly
www.doctorfungus.org
Absidia corymbifera http://
www.doctorfungus.org
• Slide Reference #: GK 589• Genus/Species: Absidia corymbifera
• Disease(s): Systemic Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis)
• Image Type: Microscopic Morphology
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The CBS: A web portal for fungal identification
www.cbs.knaw.nl
• Fungal Biodiversity Center
• Searchable databases
• Medical Fungi Database
• CBS Yeast Database
• Mycobank: the fungal website
• Atlas of Clinical Fungi
CME/CPD resources• MOVE on Mycoses (www.moveonmycoses.com)• CME on Medscape (
www.medscape.com/medscapetoday/cme• Doctor Fungus
(www.doctorfungus.org/cme/index.asp)• Mycology Online
(www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au)• American Academy of CME: infectious diseases
programme (www.academycme.org/activity_links.htm#Infectous Diseases)
Medical Mycology Laboratory Protocols
• Protocol Online: Your Laboratory’s Reference Book
• The Aspergillus Website: Laboratory Protocols
• ISHAM Website• Galar Fungail: Novel Approaches for the
Control of Fungal Disease• eBook: Medical Mycology: Cellular and
Molecular Techniques
Medical Mycology Explained
• Medline Plus
• DermNet NZ
• Health Protection Agency (England and Wales, UK)
• Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
”Toxic Mould” - Public concern
”Exorcising a mold monster””Attack on the killer mold””It’s everywhere. Tales about rampant toxic
mold get plenty of attention, but science tells a less dramatic story”
”The mold rush””One in four homes in the UK is infested with
toxic mould”
Public Education - “Toxic Mould”
• Doctor Fungus
• Aspergillus Web site
• US EPA
• CDC