Interactions of Yeasts, Moulds, and Antifungal Agents

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Antifungal Agents

   • Gerri S. Hall, Jennifer A. Sekeres, Elizabeth Neuner, James O. Hall

   Pages 1-64

3. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute (CLSI) Methods

   • Annette W. Fothergill

   Pages 65-74

4. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Methods: Non-CLSI Methods for Yeast and Moulds

   • Audrey Wanger

   Pages 75-87

5. Susceptibility Testing of Dermatophytes

   • David V. Chand, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum

   Pages 89-95

6. Usual Susceptibility Patterns of Common Yeasts

   • Gerri S. Hall

   Pages 97-107

7. Usual Susceptibility Patterns of Common Moulds and Systemic Fungi

   • Gerri S. Hall

   Pages 109-124

8. Usual Susceptibility Patterns for Systemic Dimorphic Fungi

   • Gerri S. Hall

   Pages 125-129

9. Utility of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing and Clinical Correlations

   • Daniel J. Diekema, Michael A. Pfaller

   Pages 131-158

10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-168

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The incidence of fungal infections increases with the increase in antibiotic usage and increasing immunosuppressed populations. There is no longer only one antifungal agent  and the response of fungi to various agents is not always predictable. The need for standardized antifungal susceptibility testing, and standardized interpretation of results in conjunction with studies that describe clinical outcomes based on those tools is ever important. Interactions of Yeasts, Moulds, and Antifungal Agents: How to Detect Resistance covers the available antifungal agents, how to perform in vitro testing and  how those results should be interpreted for the most common fungal pathogens.

• Anti-Fungal Agents
• Antifungal Agents
• Moulds
• Resistance
• Yeasts

• Section of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA

  Gerri S. Hall

Gerri S. Hall, Ph.D. - The  professional career has been focused on clinical microbiology: direct clinical activities of various areas such as: Bacteriology, Mycobacteria, STD testing and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of bacteria and fungi.  Dr. Hall’s laboratory performs clinically relevant patient care and  research in these areas. She also teaches within the Department of Clinical Pathology as well as externally; and she is actively involved in developing the curriculum, for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner School of Medicine of Case Western University.

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