The first book of its kind to focus on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of patients with fungal infections, this definitive reference returns in a completely revised, full-color new edition. It presents specific recommendations for understanding, controlling, and preventing fungal infections based uponunderlying principles of epidemiology and infection control policy, pathogenesis, immunology, histopathology, and laboratory diagnosis and antifungal therapy. More than 560 color photographs, illustrations, and tables depict conditions as they appear in real life and help you identify clinical manifestations with accuracy. Expanded therapy content helps you implement the most appropriate treatment quickly, and a bonus CD-ROM-featuring all of the images from the text-enables you to enhance your electronic presentations. INDICE: Section 1: General Principles, including Diagnosis1. The Epidemiology of Fungal Infections, Shawn R. Lockhart, Daniel J. Diekema & Michael A. Pfaller2. Recent Advances in Understanding Human Opportunistic Fungal Pathogenesis Mechanisms, Robert A. Crammer & John R. Perfect3. Immunology, Thomas S. Harrison & Suart M. Levitz4. The Laboratory and Clinical Mycology, Michael A. Pfaller & Michael R. McGinnis5. Histopathology of Fungal Infections, Vicki J. Schnadig & Gail L. Woods6. Radiology of Fungal Infections, Prasanna G. Vibhute, Venkat R. Surabhi, Angel Gomez, Santiago Restrepo, Michael McCarthy, Carlos Bazan III, Kedar Chintapalli7. Antifungal Therapy, Elias A. Anaissie & Paul GubbinsSection 2: The Organisms8. Candida, Maria C. Dignani, Joseph S. Solomkin & Elias J. Anaissie9. Cryptococcus, Marianna A. Viviani & Anna Maria Tortorano10.Infections Caused by Non - Candida, Non - Cryptococcus Yeasts, Michael A. Pfaller, Daniel J. Diekema & William G. Merz11. Aspergillus, Malcolm D. Richardson & Willian Hope12. Zygomycosis,Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Michael Smith & Michael R. McGinnis13. Fusarium and other Hyaline Hyphomycetes, Elias J. Anaissie14.Dematiaceous Fungi, Deanna A. Sutton, Michael G. Rinaldi & Stephen E. Sanche15. Endemic Mycoses, Gregory M. Anstead & Thomas Patterson16. Dermatophytes andDermatophytoses, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum & Nancy C Isham17. Pneumocystis, MichaelA. Pfaller & Elias J. Anaissie18. Anomalous Fungal and Fungal-like Infections: Lacaziosis, Pythiosis and Rhinosporidiosis, Leonel Mendoza & Raquel VilelaSection 3: Clinical Syndromes and Organ Systems19. Fungal Infections in the patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Michael Saccente20. Fungal Infections in Cancer Patients, Elias J. Anaissie21. Fungal Infections in the Organ Transplant Recipient, Robert H. Rubin22. Fungal Infections in Pediatric Patients, Andreas H. Groll, Emmanuel Roilides & Thomas J. Walsh23. Oral Fungal Infections, William G. Powderly24. Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses, Natalia Mendoza, Anita Arora, Cesar A. Arias, Carlos A. Hernandez, Vandana Madkam & Stephen K. Tyring25. Fungal Infection of Bone and Joint, Carol A. Kemper & Stanley C. Deresinski26. Fungal Infections of the Genitourinary Tract, Jack D. Sobel27. Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections of the Respiratory Tract, Thomas J. Walsh28. Central Nervous System Infection, Richard J. Hamill29. Hematogenously Disseminated Fungal Infections, Stephanie L. Baer & Peter G. Pappas30.Fungal Infections of the Eye, Golnaz Javey, Victor L. Yu & Jeffery J. ZuravleffSection 4: Special Considerations31. Geographic, Travel and Occupational Mycology, Robert W. Bradsher32. Mycotoxins and their Effects on Humans, Michael Smith & Michael R. McGinnis
- ISBN: 978-1-4160-5680-5
- Editorial: Saunders
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 688
- Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés