Hygienic mycology in Hungary

In Hungary the medical mycological research concerning the systemic (so-called deep) mycoses started in the National Institute of Hygiene. The Mycology Department has been founded in 1955 in this Institute with nation-wide authority as a routine diagnostic laboratory for clinical specimens from syst...

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Published inActa microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica Vol. 46; no. 2-3; p. 219
Main Authors Novák, E K, Zala, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hungary 1999
Subjects
Animals
Environment
Humans
Hungary
Hygiene
Mycology
Mycoses - epidemiology
Mycoses - microbiology
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Occupational Health
Hungary
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Summary:In Hungary the medical mycological research concerning the systemic (so-called deep) mycoses started in the National Institute of Hygiene. The Mycology Department has been founded in 1955 in this Institute with nation-wide authority as a routine diagnostic laboratory for clinical specimens from systemic mycotic infections. Three years later its activity was broadened--on ground of the experiences--to cover the total field of hygiene, thus we had to establish the "mycologia hygienica" (hygienic mycology), however, this has not been accepted as an independent discipline. Here a short, selected overview is given of our experiences. In the following the trends of the activity is demonstrated along the subdivisions of hygiene (epidemiology, environmental-hygiene, professional and occupational-, nutritional and food hygiene). In respect of hygiene, however, the fungi play a Janus-faced (more exactly Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde) role, as they can behave not only harmful but also beneficial.
ISSN:1217-8950
1588-2640
DOI:10.1556/amicr.46.1999.2-3.10