Fungal Infections and Immune Responses

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   • Juneann W. Murphy

   Pages 1-5

3. Superficial Fungal Infections

   • Peter G. Sohnle

   Pages 7-25

4. Dermatophytosis

   • Peter G. Sohnle

   Pages 27-47

5. Introduction to Candida

   • Judith E. Domer, Robert I. Lehrer

   Pages 49-116

6. Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis

   • Scott G. Filler, John E. Edwards Jr.

   Pages 117-133

7. Sporotrichosis

   • E. Nan Scott, Harold G. Muchmore

   Pages 135-150

8. Blastomycosis

   • Alan M. Sugar

   Pages 151-172

9. Coccidioidomycosis

   • Rebecca A. Cox

   Pages 173-211

10. Histoplasmosis

    • Betty Wu-Hsieh, D. H. Howard

    Pages 213-250

11. Paracoccidioidomycosis

    • Angela Restrepo-Moreno

    Pages 251-276

12. Cryptococcosis

    • Thomas R. Kozel

    Pages 277-302

13. Chromoblastomycosis

    • Gary E. Hollick

    Pages 303-323

14. Mycotic Mycetoma

    • Mohamad M. El-Zaatari, Michael R. McGinnis

    Pages 325-334

15. Pseudallescheriasis

    • Chester R. Cooper Jr., Ira F. Salkin

    Pages 335-358

16. Aspergillosis

    • Judith C. Rhodes

    Pages 359-377

17. Phaeohyphomycosis

    • Mohamad M. El-Zaatari, Michael R. McGinnis

    Pages 379-391

18. Fungal Allergy

    • Viswanath P. Kurup, Jordan N. Fink

    Pages 393-404

19. Fungal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

    • Herman Chmel

    Pages 405-424

20. Immunochemistry of Fungal Antigens (Part A)

    • Errol Reiss

    Pages 425-438

Biomedical scientists widely acknowledge that individuals' immune respon­ siveness is important in resistance to infections by microorganisms, including fungi. Because of the devastating acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, caused by the human immunodeficiency retrovirus, it is now accepted that suppressed immune responses, especially cellular immu­ nity, are important contributors to increased individual susceptibility to opportunistic infections-including infections caused by fungi which were at one time thought to be very lowly or nonpathogenic. Within the last few years, there has been an almost explosive increase in interest and studies concerning the nature and mechanisms of the immune response to fungal infections. Many immunologists who are not well versed in mycology have begun to study the nature and mechanisms of antifungal immunity using a wide variety of newer as well as more conventional immunologic technologies, both in vivo and in vitro. Up to the 1980s, however, there was little interest among basic immunologists concerning fungal immunity. This situation has changed dramatically in the past half decade, mainly because of AIDS.

• AIDS
• Antigen
• fungal infection
• infection
• infections

• Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA

  Juneann W. Murphy

• University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

  Herman Friedman

• University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

  Mauro Bendinelli

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