Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses brings together globally-recognized mycoses experts to guide readers in the use of current knowledge in the field of medical mycology to manage those who suffer from fungal infections (mycoses). Often, diagnostic strategies and tests, including basic and directed culturing techniques, histopathology with standard and special stains, serological methods, and radiological studies all need to be considered and commonly combined to make the diagnosis of fungal infection. This volume first introduces and reviews these tools separately and then as they pertain to specific infections or groups of diseases. The volume consists of four parts. Parts I-III provide an overview of diagnostic and therapeutic tools, and part IV presents the human mycoses.Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses is meant to be a concise text that will provide the busy infectious disease, hematologyoncology, pulmonology, or critical care specialist a practical tool to diagnose and manage fungal infections. In addition, the depth of the material in the text will provide these and other medical specialists and trainees an excellent reference and learning resource.

Introduces and reviews tools commonly used

A practical guide for busy clinicians treating human mycoses

Brings together an international team of mycoses experts

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN MYCOSES Duane R. Hospenthal and Michael G. Rinaldi, editors TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................ .................................................................. v Contributors ........................................................................ ......................................................... ix Color Plates ........................................................................ .................................................................. xiii Companion CD ........................................................................ .................................................................. xv PART I: APPROACH TO PATIENTS 1 Approach to Patients with Suspected Fungal Infections .................................................. 3 Clinton K. Murray and Duane R. Hospenthal PART II: LABORATORY AND RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS 2 Basic Mycology ........................................................................ ....................................... 15 Deanna A. Sutton 3 Diagnostic Histopathology ........................................................................ ...................... 37 Michael B. Smith and Michael R. McGinnis 4 Diagnostic Immunology ........................................................................ ........................... 53 Samit S. Desai and Brian Wong 5 Diagnostic Radiology ........................................................................ ............................... 81 Maria Angela C. Hospenthal and Constanza J. Gutierrez PART III: ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS 6 Antifungal Agents ........................................................................ .................................... 105 Russell E. Lewis and Annette W. Fothergill PART IV: MYCOSES 7 Candidiasis ........................................................................ ............................................... 137 Jack D. Sobel 8 Infection due to non-Candidal Yeasts ........................................................................ ...... 163 Jose A. Vazquez 9 Aspergillosis ........................................................................ ............................................. 181 Helen W. Boucher and Thomas F. Patterson 10 Hyalohyphomycosis - Infection due to Hyaline Moulds ................................................. 201 Rhonda V. Fleming and Elias J. Anaissie 11 Phaeohyphomycosis - Infection due to Dark (Dematiaceous) Moulds ........................... 215 Sanjay G. Revankar 12 Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis) ........................................................................ ................ 227 Charalampos Antachopoulos, Juan C. Gea-Banacloche, and Thomas J. Walsh 13 Pneumocystosis ........................................................................ ....................................... 245 Francis Gigliotti and Terry W. Wright 14 Cryptococcosis ........................................................................ ......................................... 255 Methee Chayakulkeeree and John R. Perfect ENDEMIC MYCOSES 15 Blastomycosis ........................................................................ .......................................... 277 Stanley W. Chapman and Donna C. Sullivan 16 Coccidioidomycosis ........................................................................ ................................. 295 Royce H. Johnson and Shehla Baqi 17 Histoplasmosis ........................................................................ ......................................... 317 L. Joseph W