Antifungal Agents

This second volume of PDR SPECIAL TOPICS contains five review articles, covering nearly the entire field of fungal diseases in humans as well as therapeutic approaches. The main emphasis of the book lies in antifungal therapy: the most relevant information on the present state of the art of antifungal chemotherapy for dermatomycoses, subcutaneous and invasive mycoses is summarized, and open questions and unsolved pro

EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF FUNGAL DISEASES IN HUMANS PRESENTS MODERN APPROACHES IN ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY PRESENTATION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS COVERAGE OF DIAGNOSIS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Classification and taxonomy of fungi pathogenic for warm-blooded hosts.- Fungal diseases.- Diagnosis of fungal diseases.- Antifungal therapy - state of the art at the beginning of the 21st century.- Susceptibility testing of fungi - current status and open questions.