Uganda has an active Medical Mycology group with close links to the National Aspergillosis Centre in Manchester, UK
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Irum Mukhtar joined the group
Ugandan Association for Medical Mycology 2 months, 2 weeks ago · -
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Richard Kwizera wrote a new post,
More research about fungal infections required 1 year, 2 months ago · Globally, there has been a rise in the incidence and a change in the pattern of fungal diseases in the past few decades posing unique clinical and public health problems due to the diagnostic challenges and the […]
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Yinka joined the group
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Richard Kwizera wrote a new post,
Challenges in the diagnosis of fungal infections 1 year, 5 months ago · With the exception of cryptococcal disease which can be diagnosed reliably by antigen testing, diagnosis of other deep fungal infections is not straightforward. Conventional culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar is […]
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Very nice commentary, its challenging for LMIC countries to establish a molecular setup and with only culture facility so many organism remains unidentified.In context of Nepal, the scenario is horrifying even the national reference laboratory doesn’t go for fungal culture. Some of the eye hospital like Sagarmatha choudhary eye hospital where I work does the fungal culture.
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Richard Kwizera wrote a new post,
Managing serious mycoses: challenges in resource-limited countries 1 year, 5 months ago · Many challenges exist in the management of serious fungal infections in resource-limited countries, such as; high disease burden, lack of diagnostics, limited awareness, low resource allocation, rare public health […]
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Richard Kwizera uploaded the file: Burden of fungal asthma in Africa to
Ugandan Association for Medical Mycology 1 year, 5 months ago · -
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Richard Kwizera uploaded the file: Burden of Mycetoma in Uganda to
Ugandan Association for Medical Mycology 1 year, 5 months ago · -
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Richard Kwizera uploaded the file: Treatment of Histoplasmosis to
Ugandan Association for Medical Mycology 1 year, 5 months ago · -
Pankaj chaudhary joined the group
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Richard Kwizera joined the group
Ugandan Association for Medical Mycology 3 years, 4 months ago · -
Graham Atherton changed the description of the group
Ugandan Association for Medical Mycology from "My group description here" to "Uganda has an active Medical Mycology group with close links to the National Aspergillosis Centre in Manchester, UK" 3 years, 9 months ago · - Load More
