Fungal Infection

Fungal Infection: Diagnosis and Management, 4th Edition is a
concise and up-to-date guide to the clinical manifestations,
laboratory diagnosis and management of superficial, subcutaneous
and systemic fungal infections.

This highly acclaimed book has been extensively revised and
updated throughout to ensure all drug and dosage recommendations
are accurate and in agreement with current guidelines. A new
chapter on infections caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii has
been added. The book has been designed to enable rapid information
retrieval and to help clinicians make informed decisions about
diagnosis and patient management. Each chapter concludes with a
list of recent key publications which have been carefully selected
to facilitate efficient access to further information on specific
aspects of fungal infections.

Clinical microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, as
well as dermatologists, hematologists and oncologists, can depend
on this contemporary text for authoritative information and the
background necessary to understand fungal infections.

Auteur

Malcolm D. Richardson - University Hospital of South
Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre,
University of Manchester

David W. Warnock - National Center for Emerging and
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Résumé
Fungal Infection: Diagnosis and Management, 4th Edition is a concise and up-to-date guide to the clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis and management of superficial, subcutaneous and systemic fungal infections. This highly acclaimed book has been extensively revised and updated throughout to ensure all drug and dosage recommendations are accurate and in agreement with current guidelines. A new chapter on infections caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii has been added. The book has been designed to enable rapid information retrieval and to help clinicians make informed decisions about diagnosis and patient management. Each chapter concludes with a list of recent key publications which have been carefully selected to facilitate efficient access to further information on specific aspects of fungal infections.

Clinical microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, as well as dermatologists, hematologists and oncologists, can depend on this contemporary text for authoritative information and the background necessary to understand fungal infections.

Contenu

Preface to the fourth edition xxvi

Preface to the first edition xxviii

Acknowledgements xxix

1 Introduction 1

2 Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infection 12

3 Antifungal drugs 32

4 Dermatophytosis 91

5 Superficial candidosis 121

6 Other cutaneous fungal infections 138

7 Mould infections of nails 151

8 Keratomycosis 156

9 Otomycosis 162

10 Aspergillosis 166

11 Invasive candidosis 201

12 Cryptococcosis 236

13 Mucormycosis 253

14 Pneumocystosis 264

15 Blastomycosis 277

16 Coccidioidomycosis 288

17 Histoplasmosis 304

18 Paracoccidioidomycosis 322

19 Chromoblastomycosis 332

20 Entomophthoromycosis 338

21 Mycetoma 344

22 Sporotrichosis 352

23 Hyalohyphomycosis 362

24 Penicillium marneffei infection 376

25 Phaeohyphomycosis 383

26 Other invasive yeast infections 396

27 Unusual fungal and pseudofungal infections 405

Select bibliography 419

Index 421