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MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection

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Most of the almost 50,000 species of fungi are beneficial to humankind. They reside in nature and are essential in breaking down and recycling organic matter. Some contribute to the production of food and spirits while others have served humanity by providing useful secondary metabolites such as antibiotics and immunosuppressive drugs (e.g., cyclosporine). Fungi have also been manipulated to study eukaryotic genetics and molecular biology. The organisms cause major problems to humans mainly as phytopathogens, inflicting serious damage to crops. Fortunately, only a few hundred species of fungi have been implicated in human disease, and 90% of human infection can be attributed to a few dozen fungi.

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Kathuria, M.K., Gupta, R.K. (2001). Fungal Infections. In: Gupta, R.K., Lufkin, R.B. (eds) MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46844-1_5

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