Full Description
Provided here are both reviews and recent results of studies with medically important fungi. Throughout the volume, outstanding mycologists treat the ecological role of pathogenic fungi, how they cause disease, their interactions with the immune system, and their responses to antifungal agents. Most of the presented results are based on molecular biological approaches: areas where classical and descriptive methods are applied are also included.
Contents
Ecologic and Environmental Relationships Defined by Molecular Methods.- 1 Molecular Epidemiology of Pathogenic Fungi Involved in Outbreaks.- 2 Ecology and Genetic Diversity of Aspergillus fumigatus.- 3 Advances in Diagnostic Methods for Invasive Candida and Aspergillus Infections.- Molecular Pathogenesis of Fungal Infections.- 4 Melanized Fungi Infecting Humans: Function of Melanin as a Factor in Pathogenesis.- 5 Genetic Requirements for Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans.- 6 Heat Shock Response in Pathogenic Fungi.- 7 Glycoproteins of Aspergillus Species.- 8 Strategies for the Study of Gene Expression in Fungi.- 9 Pneumocystis — A Genus Long Known, But with Relationships Only Recently Appreciated.- Interactions of Fungi with the Immune System.- 10 Complement and Its Role in Fungal Disease.- 11 Soluble Mediators in the Host Response to Histoplasma capsulatum.- 12 Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: Recent Concepts and Considerations.- 13 Vaccine Development for Coccidioidomycosis.- 14 Divergent Mechanisms of Candidal Immunity at Different Anatomical Sites.- 15 The gp43 from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: A Major Diagnostic Antigen and Vaccine Candidate.- Current Status of Antifungals.- 16 Clinically Promising New Triazoles for Systemic Fungal Infections.- 17 Antifungal Drug Resistance: Pumps and Permutations.- 18 Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Antifungal Agents.- Biosystematic Index.
