Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro (Editor)

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2019
Leaves: 173
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The Pocket Guide to Mycological Diagnosis provides useful and concise information for microbiologists and professionals diagnosing the most medically relevant fungal species. Cellular and molecular techniques, immunological methods, and more accurate microscopy equipment available in most mycology laboratories now make diagnosis more routine. Furthermore, information regarding medical mycology, including identification of specific fungal pathogens, is widely available. This book helps mycologists address the emerging challenges of diagnosis.

Key Features

Succinct summary of fungal disease diagnosis

Includes opportunistic fungal infections that can afflict immunocompromised patients

Permits the identification of common fungal pathogens

Reviews antifungal drugs

Related Titles

Ghannoum, M. A. & John R. Perfect, eds. Antifungal Therapy, 2^nd ed. (ISBN 978-1-4987-6814-6)

Miyaji, M., ed. Animal Models in Medical Mycology (ISBN 978-1-3158-9059-3)

Razzaghi-Abyaneh, M., M. Shams-Ghahfarokhi and M. Rai, eds. Medical Mycology: Current Trends and Future Prospects (ISBN 978-1-4987-1421-1)

✦ Table of Contents

Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections: general information. Antifungal drugs and susceptibility testing of fungi. Malassezia spp. Dermatophytes. Sporothrix schenckii Complex. Melanized fungi. Mucorales. Candida spp. Trichosporon spp. Cryptococcus neoformans / C. gattii Complex. Blastomyces dermatitidis . Paracoccidioides Complex. Histoplasma capsulatum. Coccidioides immitis / C. posadasii . Fusarium spp. Aspergillus spp. Pneumocystis jiroveci . Rhodotorula.

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