Human Fungal Pathogens

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kurzai, Oliver (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: The Mycota, A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research ; 12
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Allergy.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Allergology.; Cell Biology.; Eukaryotic Microbiology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

Whereas plant and insect infections are commonly caused by fungi, only a small minority of the vast diversity of fungal species is pathogenic to humans. Despite this, fungal infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. This volume is dedicated to the biology, clinical presentatio...

Table of Contents:

• From Commensal to Pathogen: Candida albicans
• Aspergillus fumigatus: Saprotroph to Pathogen
• Systems Biology Approaches to Understand and Predict Fungal Virulence
• Receptor-Ligand Interactions in Fungal Infections
• Macrophages in the Immune Response against Cryptococcus
• T Cell Responses in Fungal Infections
• Molecular Mechanisms of Histoplasma Pathogenesis
• Visualizing Immune Responses in Fungal Infections – Established and Novel Methods
• Mucosal Immunology in Candida albicans Infection
• Invasive Aspergillosis in the Intensive Care Unit
• Molecular Epidemiology of Pneumocystis Outbreaks
• Infections Caused by Mucorales
• Diagnostics of Fungal Infections
• Therapeutic Strategies in Fungal Infections
• Antifungal Pharmacokinetics.