Full Description
This book describes the principles and practice of clinical mycology. It is a comprehensive review of clinical fungal infections--organized by system rather than taxonomically.
Contents
Contributors ix
Preface xi
1 The Fungal Kingdom: Essentials of Mycology 1
2 Pathogenesis of Fungal Diseases 7
3 Epidemiology of Fungal Disease 13
4 Diagnosis of Fungal Disease 23
5 Antifungal Therapy 35
6 Fungal Disease of Bone and Joint 49
7 Fungal Diseases of the Cardiovascular System 69
8 Fungal Meningtis 81
9 Mycoses causing mass lesions of the Central Nervous System 95
10 Fungal Diseases in Dermatology 103
11 Fungal Infections of the Ear, Nose and Throat 131
12 Fungaemia and Disseminated Fungal Infection 143
13 Fungal Infection of the Gastrointestinal Tract 165
14 Fungal Diseases in Genitourinary Medicine 179
15 Fungal Infections of the Kidney and Those Associated with Renal Failure, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation 201
16 Fungal Diseases in Ophthalmology 221
17 Fungal Infections of the Respiratory Tract 235
Index 269
