[en] Superficial fungal infections are largely represented in the world population and are mainly caused by dermatophytes. Clinical signs can be confusing and it is important to get a rapid diagnostic to apply the right treatment.The diagnostic procedures are still culture-based methods but molecular technologies are recently available under commercial kits and will be probable part of a new algorithm in the laboratory diagnosis.
Disciplines :
Immunology & infectious disease
Author, co-author :
Hayette, Marie-Pierre ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Bactériologie, mycologie, parasitologie, virologie
Language :
English
Title :
Fungal skin infections: from the clinic to the laboratory
Alternative titles :
[fr] Infection fongiques superficielles: de la clinique au laboratoire
Publication date :
14 November 2015
Event name :
Annual meeting of the Royal Belgian Society of Laboratory Medicine