Present Status, Future Road Map and Diagnosis of Zoonotic Mycotic Diseases

Systemic Mycotic diseases often pose a difficult diagnostic challenge for clinicians due to lack of any pathognomonic clinical syndrome and characteristic Radiographic feature. In India, the problem is further confounded by the preponderance of tuberculosis and paucity of diagnostic mycological laboratories. Consequently, patients suffering from systemic mycoses may be mistaken as Tuberculosis or other bacterial diseases.