Current Progress in Medical Mycology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mora-Montes, Héctor M. (Editor), Lopes-Bezerra, Leila M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Microbiology.; Mycology.; Life Sciences.; Medical Microbiology.

Infections caused by fungi have recently attracted the attention of both clinicians and basic researchers given the heavy burden they represent for any health system. The mortality and morbidity rates associated to mycosis are progressively rising simply because some of these diseases are still negl...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Mycology
• Chapter 2: Antifungal Drugs
• Chapter 3: Candida and Candidiasis
• Chapter 4: Aspergillus and Aspergillosis
• Chapter 5: Histoplasma and Histoplasmosis
• Chapter 6: Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis
• Chapter 7: Pneumocystis and Pneumocystosis
• Chapter 8: Coccidioides and Coccidioidomycosis
• Chapter 9: Paracoccidioides and Paraccocidioidomycosis
• Chapter 10: Sporothrix and Sporotrichosis
• Chapter 11: Fonsecaea and Chromoblastomycosis
• Chapter 12: Micetoma
• Chapter 13: Dermatophytes.