| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
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Oxford textbooks in infectious disease and microbiology |
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Oxford textbooks in infectious disease and microbiology.
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| Contents |
Section 1. The principles of medical mycology. 1. Introduction to medical mycology -- 2. Fungal taxonomy and nomenclature -- 3. Physiology and metabolism of fungal pathogens -- 4. Fungal cell structure and organization -- 5. Fungal genetics -- 6. Fungal genomics and transcriptomics -- 7. Epidemiology and fungal disease / 8. Pathogenesis of fungal disease -- 9. Immunology of fungal disease -- Section 2. Medically important fungi. 10: Aspergillus species -- 11: Candida species -- 12: Cryptococcus species -- 13: Other yeasts -- 14: Dematiaceous fungi -- 15: The dermatophytes -- 16: Endemic dimorphic fungi -- 17: Hyaline moulds -- 18: Mucoraceous moulds -- 19: Pneumocystis jirovecii -- Section 3. Fungal diseases. 20: Fungal bone and joint infections -- 21: Fungal cardiovascular infections -- 22: Fungal central nervous system infections -- 23: Fungal infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue -- 24: Fungal infections of ear, nose, and throat -- 25: Fungaemia and disseminated infection -- 26: Fungal diseases of the gastrointestinal tract -- 27: Genito-urinary fungal infections -- 28: Fungal eye infections -- 29: Fungal infections of the kidney and those associated with renal failure, dialysis, and renal Transplantation -- 30: Fungal infections of the respiratory tract -- 31: Fungal toxin-mediated disease -- Section 4. Fungal infections in specific patient groups. 32: Fungal infections in haemato-oncology -- 33: Fungal infections among patients with AIDS -- 34: Fungal infections in solid organ transplantation -- 35: Fungal Infections in neonates -- 36: Fungal infections in intensive therapy units -- 37: Fungal disease in cystic fibrosis and chronic respiratory disorders -- Section 5. Diagnosis of fungal disease. 38: Biosafety and quality assurance in the mycology labratory -- 39: Microscopy and culture of fungal disease -- 40: Histopathology of fungal disease -- 41: The imaging of fungal disease -- 42: Serology of fungal disease -- 43: Molecular diagnosis of fungal disease -- 44: Guidelines for the diagnosis of fungal disease -- Section 6. Antifungal therapy. 45: Principles of antifungal therapy -- 46: Antifungal agents -- 47: Antifungal susceptibility testing and resistance -- 48: Antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring -- 49: Antifungal treatment guidelines |
| Summary |
The authors are international experts in their fields, from the UK, Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. This book is aimed at microbiologists, research scientists, infectious diseases clinicians, respiratory physicians, and those managing immunocompromised patients, as well as mycology course students and trainees in medical microbiology and infectious diseases |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical mycology.
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Mycoses -- diagnosis
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Mycoses -- drug therapy
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Fungi -- pathogenicity
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Antifungal Agents -- therapeutic use
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Medical mycology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kibbler, C. C., editor
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| ISBN |
9780191071683 |
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0191071684 |
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9780191816666 |
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0191816663 |
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9780191071676 |
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0191071676 |
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