Main description:

This book endeavours to demystify medical mycology and provide simple and practical information on managing infections. It provides information to medical students, microbiologists, clinicians and intensive care specialists, and includes expert opinions on the management of subcutaneous, pulmonary and CNS fungal infections as well as management of fungal infections in specific clinical scenarios such as transplant recipients and neutropenic patients.

Incorporates recent technological advances in diagnosing fungal infections.
Discusses the mechanism of action, dosage, clinical efficacy, adverse effects, drug interactions, and resistance mechanisms of all antifungals in current use in pharmacology section.
Includes in-depth description of cardinal manifestations, typical symptoms, physical signs and differential diagnosis of specific fungal infections in all chapters.
Treatment algorithms, figures and tables allow a practical approach to management of the patients.
Emphasis on imparting practical knowledge in a concise, easy and highly readable manner.
Cites the all relevant updated clinical guidelines.
Includes expert opinions on management of subcutaneous, pulmonary and central nervous system (CNS) fungal infections as well as management in specific clinical scenarios including transplant recipients and neutropenia.
Provides emerging frontiers in the field of mycology.

Contents:

Section 1 Introduction

1Introduction to mycology- structure and classification of fungi

Section 2 Diagnosis of Fungal Infection

2Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

3Conventional methods for direct examination of fungi

4Fungal culture

5Serodiagnosis in mycology

6Molecular methods for diagnosis of fungal infections

7Radiodiagnosis of systemic fungal infections-an organ based approach

Section 3 Antifungal Drugs

8Antifungal agents Classification

9Azoles

10Aphotericin B

11Echinocandins

12Flucytosine

13 Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

14Antifungal resistance

Section 4 Specific Fungal Infection

15Candidiasis

16Cryptococcosis

17 Aspergillosis

18Mucormycosis

19Pneumocystis jiroveci

20Histoplasmosis

21Blastomycosis

22Coccidioidomycosis

23Paracoccioidomycosis

24Mycetoma

25Penicilliosis/Talaromycosis

26Chromoblastomycosis

27 Sporotrichosis

28 Lobomycosis

29Phaeohymycosis

30Hyalohyphomycosis

Section 5 Invasive Fungal Infections

31 Invasive Fungal Infections- Definitions

32 Invasive Cutaneous Fungal Infections

33 Invasive Fungal Infections in the Neutropenic Cancer Patient

34 Post Renal Transplant Fungal Infections

35Fungal Diseases of the Lung

36Fungal Infections of Central Nervous System

Section 6 New Frontiers in Mycology

37New frontiers in mycology-vaccines, immunotherapy and new antifungals