Clinical mycology / edited by William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dismukes, William E., editor.

Pappas, Peter G., editor.

Sobel, Jack D., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical mycology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 519 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Clinical Mycology' offers a comprehensive review of the subject. Organised by types of fungi, this volume covers microbiologic, epidemiologic & demographic aspects of fungal infections as well as diagnostic, clinical, therapeutic & preventive approaches.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Contributors

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. Laboratory Aspects of Medical Mycology

2. Epidemiology of Systemic Fungal Diseases: Overview

PART II: SYSTEMIC ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS

3. Amphotericin B

4. Liposomal Nystatin

5. Flucytosine

6. Azole Antifungal Drugs

7. Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors: Echinocandins and Nikkomycins

8. Terbinafine

9. Resistance to Antifungal Drugs

10. Adjunctive Antifungal Therapy

PART III: MYCOSES CAUSED BY YEASTS

11. Candidiasis

12. Cryptococcosis

13. Rhodotorula, Malassezia, Trichosporon, and Other Yeast-Like Fungi

PART IV: MYCOSES CAUSED BY MOULDS

14. Aspergillosis

15. Zygomycoses

16. Hyalohyphomycoses (other than Aspergillosis and Penicilliosis)

17. Phaeohyphomycoses

PART V: MYCOSES CAUSED BY DIMORPHIC FUNGI

18. Histoplasmosis

19. Blastomycosis

20. Coccidioidomycosis

21. Paracoccidioidomycosis

22. Sporotrichosis

23. Penicilliosis

PART VI: MYCOLOGY INVOLVING SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES

24. Superficial Cutaneous Fungal Infections

25. Eumycetoma

26. Chromoblastomycosis

PART VII: OTHER MYCOSES

27. Pneumocystosis

28. Miscellaneous Fungi

PART VIII: SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS

29. Fungal Infections in Neutropenic Patients

30. Fungal Infections in Blood or Marrow Transplant Recipients

31. Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

32. Fungal Infections among Patients with AIDS

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-770603-7

1-280-48176-5

9786610481767

1-4237-4580-9

0-19-974902-7

1-4337-0112-X

OCLC:

62892806