Vulvovaginal Candidosis: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9783540187042 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 171 str.

Werner Mendling; Wirth Languages Ltd Dora Wirth Languages Ltd;Dora Wirth Languages Ltd

Opis

Fungal infections in the female play an increasingly large role in everyday gynecological practice. This is the first book to deal comprehensively with vulvovaginal candidosis. Following an introduction outlining the incidence of yeasts in man, genital colonization in the female sex, yeast in pregnancy and neonatal mycoses, there is a description of the modes of infection and the known host reactions, as well as of the symptoms for diagnosis and therapy. Some 150 color illustrations depict all known facultative pathogenetic candida species and other potentially pathogenetic yeasts in pure culture and under the microscope. Clinical examples help explain the diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The volume provides the physician with handy, concise and practice-oriented guidelines to correct diagnosis and effective treatment of yeasts in the female patient.

Spis treści

1 General Outline.- 2 The Incidence of Yeasts in Man.- 3 Genital Colonization in the Female Sex.- 4 Yeasts in Pregnancy and Neonatal Mycoses.- 5 Yeasts — Modes of Infection — Host Reactions.- 5.1 Candida albicans.- 5.2 Candida glabrata (Torulopsis glabrata).- 6 Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Candida Vulvovaginitis..- 7 Diagnostic Methods.- 7.1 Wet-Mount Preparations.- 7.2 Identification by Culture.- 7.3 Serological Investigations.- 8 Therapy.- 9 Outlook.- 10 References.- 11 Pictures.- 11.1 Yeasts from A (albicans) to Z (zeylanoides). Pure cultures and microscope slides of facultatively pathogenic yeasts and some other important species.- 11.2 Fungal Cultures in Practice.- 11.3 Suitability Testing of Nickerson’s Agar.- 11.4 Some Methods for the Differentiation of Yeasts.- 11.5 Wet Preparations from Vaginal Secretions.- 11.6 Cytology and Histology.- 11.7 Clinical Pictures.- 11.8 Treatment.- 12 Subject Index.