Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

Analyzing a key cause of infectious morbidity in immunosuppressed and immunocompromised patients, this source spans the most recent strategies to improve and expedite the diagnosis, identification, and treatment of fungal infections.

With authoritative contributions from experienced clinicians in the field, this reference tracks developments in imaging, susceptibility testing, and strain typing to combat these conditions in transplant, surgical, oncology, and intensive care units.

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Infectious Disease and Therapy

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Preface

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Contributors

  Part I: General Considerations of Diagnostic Methods in Systemic Fungal Infections

  1. Pearls in Establishing a Clinical Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms

  2. The Role of Conventional Diagnostic Tools

  3. The Role of Radiology in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

  4. Serodiagnosis: Antibody and Antigen Detection

  5. Detection of Fungal Metabolites

  6. Molecular Diagnostics: Present and Future

  Part II: Diagnostic Approaches to Specific Fungal Infections

  7. Superficial and Mucosal Fungal Infections

  8. Invasive Mold Infections

  9. Invasive Yeast Infections

  10. Diagnosis of Cryptococcosis

  11. A Diagnostic Approach to Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia

  12. The Diagnosis of Endemic Mycoses

  13. Hypersensitivity and Allergic Fungal Manifestations: Diagnostic Approaches

  Part III: Moving Forward: “Futuristic” Issues

  14. Molecular Mycology and Emerging Fungal Pathogens

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