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