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Microbiologist; Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology's, department of Microbiology and Molecular Pathology
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In Australia the commonest encounter with fungi in a medical sense is with superficial and cutaneous fungal infections such as those infecting the skin, scalp or nails.
Fungal infection of the scalp (tinea capitus), skin (tinea) and nails (tinea unguium, onychomycosis) is usually caused by dermatophytes which have a unique ability to utilise keratin as a nutrient source due to the presence of the enzyme keratinase allowing colonisation of the stratum corneum.
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Microbiologist; Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology's, department of Microbiology and Molecular Pathology
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