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464(G) MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
Instructor: R. Gessner
Some things
you will learn if you take this course that will impress your family, friends,
and help you get a job:
What did the “Ice Man” carry to keep himself alive in the Alps?
Athlete’s Foot, Ringworm and Jock Itch: Is it dangerous to take a
shower, milk a cow, or have a furry pet?
What do HIV patients, the terminally ill, and vaginal infections have in
common?
Why do elementary school students sometimes loose their hair?
What disease do drunken rose gardener’s, partying brick makers, and
gold mine workers have in common?
Should you go to an Earth Day celebration or amusement park where
starlings, pigeons, or bats have been roosting?
What disease made Bob
Dylan ill?
What made a movie theater manager and newspaper worker seriously ill in
a building in Macomb?
What disease increased dramatically after the earthquake in North Ridge,
California?
What opportunistic infections kill over 20% of HIV patients?
What causes the majority of chronic sinus infections?
What are you inhaling when you take courses in Waggoner Hall?
What are some of the most carcinogenic substances known that you could
eat or drink?
Can toenail infections be cured or do they have to amputate?
What antibiotic saved more than Private Ryan?
How not to kill yourself, family members, and friends when eating
mushrooms?
Can extracts from mushrooms cure diseases, increase virility, and make
us immortal?
How you can identify molds that grow on your skin, hair, and nails and
survive Y2K?
How to identify yeast with a API 20C test kit?