Fungal Infection Diagnosis and Management [Paperback]

This highly acclaimed book has been extensively revised and updated throughout to ensure all drug and dosage recommendations are accurate and in agreement with current guidelines. A new chapter on infections caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii has been added. The book has been designed to enable rapid information retrieval and to help clinicians make informed decisions about diagnosis and patient management. Each chapter concludes with a list of recent key publications which have been carefully selected to facilitate efficient access to further information on specific aspects of fungal infections.

Clinical microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, as well as dermatologists, hematologists and oncologists, can depend on this contemporary text for authoritative information and the background necessary to understand fungal infections.

Preface to the first edition, xxviii

Acknowledgements, xxix

1 Introduction, 1

1.1 The nature of fungi, 1

1.2 Classification and nomenclature of fungi and fungal diseases, 3

1.3 Fungi as human pathogens, 5

1.4 The changing pattern of fungal infection, 7

1.5 New directions in diagnosis, 9

1.6 New directions in treatment and prevention, 10

2 Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infection, 12

2.1 Introduction, 12

2.2 Collection of specimens, 13

2.3 Specimens for serological tests, 18

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