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Title Diagnosis of fungal infections / edited by Johan A. Maertens, Kieren A. Marr
Published New York : Informa Healthcare, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Infectious disease and therapy ; 47
Infectious disease and therapy ; v. 47.
Contents Front cover; Preface; Contents; Contributors; PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN SYSTEMIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS; Chapter 1. Pearls in Establishing a Clinical Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms; Chapter 2. The Role of Conventional Diagnostic Tools; Chapter 3. The Role of Radiology in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections; Chapter 4. Serodiagnosis: Antibody and Antigen Detection; Chapter 5. Detection of Fungal Metabolites; Chapter 6. Molecular Diagnostics: Present and Future; PART II: DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES TO SPECIFIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS
Summary Analyzing the cause of infectious morbidity in immunosuppressed and immunocompromised patients, this book spans the strategies to improve and expedite the diagnosis, identification, and treatment of fungal infections. It tracks the developments in imaging, susceptibility testing, and strain typing to combat these conditions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mycoses -- Diagnosis
Mycoses -- diagnosis
MEDICAL -- Parasitology.
Mycoses -- Diagnosis
Mycoses -- Diagnostic.
Form Electronic book
Author Maertens, Johan A.
Marr, Kieren A.
ISBN 9781420017182
1420017187