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CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2013
Chapter 36. Mycotic Infections
Sections: Fungal Infections: Introduction, Candidiasis, Histoplasmosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Pneumocystosis (Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia), Cryptococcosis, Aspergillosis, Mucormycosis, Blastomycosis, Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American Blastomycosis), Sporotrichosis, Penicillium marneffei Infections, Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis), Mycetoma (Maduromycosis & Actinomycetoma), Other Opportunistic Mold Infections, Antifungal Therapy.
Topics Discussed: mycoses.
Excerpt:"Fungal infections have assumed an increasingly important role as use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents has increased and the number of immunodeficient patients has grown. Some pathogens (eg, Cryptococcus, Candida, Pneumocystis, Fusarium) rarely cause serious disease in normal hosts. Other endemic fungi (eg, histoplasma, coccidioides, paracoccidioides) commonly cause disease in normal hosts but tend to be more aggressive in immunocompromised ones. Superficial mycoses are discussed in Chapter 6: Dermatologic Disorders...."
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