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Historical Aspects of Fungal Infections

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Searching the historical perspective of fungal origins, Hippocrates appears to be the first physician to describe the cases of candidiasis in his book Epidemics. Afterward, however, fungal infections concerning the central nervous system (CNS) seem to receive little attention in scientific community. CNS infections usually have a variety of presentations and manifestations, depending on the particular characteristics and immune status of patient. In this chapter, a brief historical presentation of findings regarding fungal infections of the CNS from “Ancient Greece” to “Mid Modern Period” and “Contemporary Period” is presented, documented, and discussed briefly.

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CNS:

Central nervous system

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

USA:

United States of America

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  1. Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

    Nikolaos Ch. Syrmos & Vaitsa Giannouli

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Aydın Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey

    Mehmet Turgut

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey

    Mehmet Turgut

  2. Department of Pathology, Basavatarakam Indo-American Hospital & Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

    Sundaram Challa

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Avicenne Military Hospital, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Marrakech, Morocco

    Ali Akhaddar

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Syrmos, N.C., Giannouli, V., Turgut, M. (2019). Historical Aspects of Fungal Infections. In: Turgut, M., Challa, S., Akhaddar, A. (eds) Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06088-6_1

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