Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections

ISBN-13: 9783319130897 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 299 str.

Opis

Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections, 2nd Edition is a thorough update to Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses.

Recenzje

"This book on the diagnosis and treatment of fungal diseases focuses on specific fungal infections and reviews antifungal agents. ... This book should appeal to learners who are interested in fungal infections or clinicians who treat these patients. ... It will be helpful to almost any clinician who may encounter patients with fungal diseases. ... It provides evidence-based, concise, and clinically relevant material in a useful format that clinicians will find helpful." (John S. Czachor, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2015)

Spis treści

Part One         Approach to Patients

Chapter 1        Approach to Patients with Suspected Fungal Infections

   

 

Part Two        Laboratory and Radiological Diagnosis

Chapter 2        Basic Mycology

                      

Chapter 3        Diagnostic Molecular Biology

                       

Chapter 4        Diagnostic Histopathology

               

Chapter 5        Diagnostic Immunology

                    

Chapter 6        Diagnostic Radiology

              

 

Part Three     Antifungal Agents

Chapter 7        Antifungal Agents

                       

 

Part Four       Mycoses

Chapter 8        Candidiasis

                   

Chapter 9        Infection Due to non-Candidal Yeasts

Chapter 10      Aspergillosis

                       

Chapter 11      Hyalohyphomycosis - Infection Due to Hyaline Moulds

                      

Chapter 12      Phaeohyphomycosis - Infection Due to Dark (Dematiaceous) Moulds

                       

Chapter 13      Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis)

                       

Chapter 14      Pneumocystosis

                       

Chapter 15      Cryptococcosis

                       

Chapter 16      Blastomycosis

         

Chapter 17      Coccidioidomycosis

              

         

Chapter 18      Histoplasmosis

         

Chapter 19      Paracoccidioidomycosis

                    

Chapter 20      Sporotrichosis

              

Chapter 21      Dermatophytosis (Tinea) and Other Superficial Fungal Infections

                    

Chapter 22      Fungal Infections of Implantation (Chromoblastomycosis, Mycetoma,                                            Entomophthoramycosis and Lacaziosis)

        

 

Part Five        Instructive Cases

                        Instructive Cases

                        Instructive Cases Discussion

O autorze

Duane R. Hospenthal, MD, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

drhospenthal@gmail.com

Michael G. Rinald, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Retired)

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

mrinaldi@satx.rr.com

Blurb

Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections, 2nd Edition is a thorough update to Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses.  Globally recognized experts are brought together again to provide the latest research and clinical evidence on fungal infections and basic mycology.  This concise text is divided into sections dedicated to the patient approach, laboratory and radiological diagnosis, antifungal agents, mycoses and instructive cases.  Ideal for patient care or as a teaching guide, the busy infectious disease, hematology, oncology, pulmonology, or critical care specialist will find this resource to be a practical tool for diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with fungal infections.