title: Systemic opportunistic fungal infections.
abstract: The clinical manifestations of "opportunistic" fungal infections in compromised hosts, asthenomycoses, differ from those caused by the same fungus in otherwise normal people. Examples are given on the field of dermatophytoses, aspergillosis, candidiasis and cryptococcosis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000209:etiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000209:etiology; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D051379:Mice; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*