have become an object of general concern and even acquired a certain fashionable notoriety particularly in the USA. The most celebrated of the new generation of mycotoxins so far has been aflatoxin. It was first implicated in diseases of domestic animals-turkeys and other fowl fed on contaminated groundnut meal, and subsequently cattle, pigs, and sheep-by veterinarians in this country in 1960. ...

2 cases with cutaneous and pulmonary Nocardiosis were referred to the Medical Mycology department, Public Health Faculty of Tehran University during 4 months from June - September 1985. Case I who was 17 year- old, carpet weaver and living in Kerman bad cutaneous Nocardiosis that were manifested as cellulitis, abscess, ulcerative lesion on his neck. This patient didn't show any evidence of Noca...

from 687 patients referred to the medical mycology depatment of the school of public health, 184 cases showed tinea capitis infection, direct microscopy and culture was positive in 86.2% and 75.29% of the cases respectively. from the positive cultures 5 different dermatophtes were identified as: microsporum canis, trichophyton violaceum, trichophyton verrucosum, trichophyton schoenleinii, trich...

1 The Regional Center of Mycology and BiotechnologyAl-Azhar