Fungal infection: diagnosis and management

Fungal Infection: Diagnosis and Management, 4th Edition is a concise and up-to-date guide to the clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis and management of superficial, subcutaneous and systemic fungal infections.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 beenadded. 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. INDICE: Preface to the fourth edition, xxviPreface to the first edition, xxviiiAcknowledgements, xxix1 Introduction, 11.1 The nature of fungi, 11.2 Classification and nomenclature of fungi and fungal diseases, 31.3 Fungi as human pathogens, 51.4 The changing pattern of fungal infection, 71.5 New directions in diagnosis, 91.6 New directions in treatment and prevention, 102 Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infection, 122.1 Introduction, 122.2 Collection of specimens, 132.3 Specimens for serological tests, 182.4 Specimens for antifungal druglevel determinations, 182.5 Transport of specimens, 182.6 Interpretation of laboratory test results, 182.7 Molecular diagnosis of fungal infection, 283 Antifungal drugs, 323.1 Introduction, 323.2 Allylamines, 323.4 Other allylamine compounds for topical administration, 353.5 Azoles, 353.6 Fluconazole, 403.7 Itraconazole, 443.8 Ketoconazole, 483.9 Posaconazole, 503.10 Voriconazole, 533.11 Other imidazole compounds for topical administration, 573.12 Echinocandins, 593.13 Anidulafungin, 603.14 Caspofungin, 613.15 Micafungin, 633.16 Polyenes, 653.17 Amphotericin B, 663.18 Other polyene compounds for topical administration, 763.19 Flucytosine, 763.20 Griseofulvin, 793.21 Other miscellaneous compounds for topical administration, 813.22 Prophylactic treatment for prevention of fungal infection, 823.23 Empirical treatment of suspected fungal infection in the neutropenic patient, 843.24 Pre-emptive antifungal treatment, 853.25 Combination antifungal treatment of invasive fungal infections, 853.26 Laboratorymonitoring, 864 Dermatophytosis, 914.1 Introduction, 914.2 The causal organisms and their habitat, 924.3 Epidemiology, 934.4 Laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytosis, 944.5 Tinea capitis, 954.6 Tinea corporis, 1024.7 Tinea cruris, 1054.8 Tinea pedis, 1074.9 Tinea manuum, 1114.10 Tinea unguium, 1135 Superficial candidosis, 1215.1 Definition, 1215.2 Geographical distribution, 1215.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 1215.4 Epidemiology, 1225.5 Clinical manifestations, 1245.6 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 1305.7 Management, 1305.8 Prevention, 1366 Other cutaneous fungal infections, 1386.1 Pityriasis versicolor, 1386.2 Other Malassezia infections, 1426.3 Piedra, 1436.4 White piedra, 1446.5 Black piedra, 1456.6 Tinea nigra, 1476.7 Neoscytalidium infection, 1486.8 Alternaria infection, 1497 Mould infections of nails, 1517.1 Definition, 1517.2 Geographical distribution, 1517.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 1517.4 Epidemiology, 1527.5 Clinical manifestations, 1527.6 Differential diagnosis, 1537.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 1537.8 Management, 1547.9 Prevention, 1558 Keratomycosis, 1568.1 Definition, 1568.2 Geographical distribution, 1568.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 1568.4 Epidemiology, 1578.5 Clinical manifestations, 1588.6 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 1598.7 Management, 1609 Otomycosis, 1629.1 Definition, 1629.2 Geographical distribution, 1629.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 1629.4 Epidemiology, 1629.5 Clinical manifestations, 1639.6 Differential diagnosis, 1649.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation,1649.8 Management, 16410 Aspergillosis, 16610.1 Definition, 16610.2 Geographical distribution, 16610.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 16610.4 Epidemiology, 16710.5 Clinical manifestations, 17010.6 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 18210.7 Management, 18610.8 Empirical treatment of suspected invasive aspergillosis, 19410.9 Prevention, 19511 Invasive candidosis, 20111.1 Definition, 20111.2 Geographical distribution, 20111.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 20111.4 Epidemiology, 20211.5 Clinical manifestations, 20811.6 Candidosis in special hosts, 21711.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 21711.8 Management, 22111.9 Empirical treatment of suspected invasive candidosis, 23211.10 Prevention, 23212 Cryptococcosis, 23612.1 Definition, 23612.2 Geographical distribution, 23612.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 23612.4 Epidemiology, 23812.5 Clinical manifestations, 24012.6 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 24412.7 Management, 24612.8 Prevention, 25113 Mucormycosis, 25313.1 Definition, 25313.2 Geographical distribution, 25313.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 25313.4 Epidemiology,25413.5 Clinical manifestations, 25613.6 Differential diagnosis, 25913.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 25913.8 Management, 26013.9 Prevention, 26214 Pneumocystosis, 26414.1 Definition, 26414.2 Geographical distribution, 26414.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 26414.4 Epidemiology, 26514.5 Clinical manifestations, 26814.6 Differential diagnosis, 26914.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 27014.8 Management, 27114.9 Prevention, 27415 Blastomycosis, 27715.1 Definition, 27715.2 Geographical distribution, 27715.3 The causal organism and its habitat, 27715.4 Epidemiology, 27815.5 Clinical manifestations, 27915.6 Differential diagnosis, 28215.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 28215.8 Management, 28315.9 Prevention, 28616 Coccidioidomycosis, 28816.1 Definition, 28816.2 Geographical distribution, 28816.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 28816.4 Epidemiology, 28916.5 Clinical manifestations, 29116.6 Differential diagnosis, 29416.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 29416.8 Management, 29716.9 Prevention, 30117 Histoplasmosis, 30417.1 Definition, 30417.2 Geographical distribution, 30417.3 The causal organism and its habitat, 30517.4 Epidemiology, 30517.5 Clinical manifestations, 30717.6 Differential diagnosis, 31217.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 31317.8 Management, 31617.9 Prevention, 32018 Paracoccidioidomycosis, 32218.1 Definition, 32218.2 Geographical distribution, 32218.3 The causal organism and its habitat, 32218.4 Epidemiology, 32318.5 Clinical manifestations, 32418.6 Differential diagnosis, 32718.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 32718.8 Management, 32918.9 Prevention, 33119 Chromoblastomycosis, 33219.1 Definition, 33219.2 Geographical distribution, 33219.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 33219.4 Epidemiology, 33319.5 Clinical manifestations, 33319.6 Differential diagnosis, 33419.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 33419.8 Management, 33520 Entomophthoromycosis, 33820.1 Introduction, 33820.2 Basidiobolomycosis, 33820.3 Conidiobolomycosis, 34121 Mycetoma, 34421.1 Definition, 34421.2 Geographical distribution, 34421.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 34421.4 Epidemiology, 34621.5 Clinical manifestations, 34621.6 Differential diagnosis, 34721.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 34821.8 Management, 34922 Sporotrichosis, 35222.1 Definition, 35222.2 Geographical distribution, 35222.3 The causal organism and its habitat, 35222.4 Epidemiology, 35322.5 Clinical manifestations, 35422.6 Differential diagnosis, 35622.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 35722.8 Management, 35822.9 Prevention, 36023 Hyalohyphomycosis, 36223.1 Introduction, 36223.2 Fusarium infection, 36223.3 Scedosporium infection, 36923.4 Other agents of hyalohyphomycosis, 37324 Penicillium marneffei infection, 37624.1 Introduction, 37624.2 Geographical distribution, 37624.3 The causal organism and its habitat, 37624.4 Epidemiology, 37724.5 Clinical manifestations, 37824.6 Differential diagnosis, 37824.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 37924.8 Management, 38024.9 Prevention, 38125 Phaeohyphomycosis, 38325.1 Introduction, 38325.2 Geographical distribution, 38425.3 The causal organisms and their habitat, 38425.4 Epidemiology, 38525.5 Clinical manifestations, 38725.6 Differential diagnosis, 39025.7 Essential investigations and their interpretation, 39125.8 Management, 39226 Other invasiveyeast infections, 39626.1 Introduction, 39626.2 Systemic Malassezia infection, 39626.3 Trichosporonosis, 39926.4 Other yeast infections, 40227 Unusual fungal and pseudofungal infections, 40527.1 Introduction, 40527.2 Adiaspiromycosis, 40527.3 Lacaziosis, 40827.4 Pythiosis, 41027.5 Rhinosporidiosis, 414Further reading, 416Select bibliography, 419Index, 421

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-7056-7
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 476
• Fecha Publicación: 02/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés