Overview
- A completely revised new edition
- Written by experts
- Richly illustrated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Mycota (MYCOTA, volume 12)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Immune Response to Fungal Infections
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Clinical Presentations and Epidemiology of Fungal Infections
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Treatment of Fungal Infections
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About this book
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 presentation and management of invasive fungal infections. Major pathogenic fungi are introduced by world-leading experts and the basic principles of fungal virulence are reviewed in the light of new results and experimental technologies that offer unprecedented insights into invasive infections caused by Aspergillus, Candida, Cryptococcus, Pneumocystis and Mucorales. In parallel, the clinical presentation of invasive fungal infections and current approaches to their diagnosis and treatment are summarized to provide an overview of human pathogenic fungi, linking pathogen biology to the clinical presentation of disease.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“The Editor is to be congratulated on largely achieving his aim of producing an inspiring work for the fungi of major medical concern, but dermatophytes and other opportunistic fungi do not feature as strongly as might be expected in such a title. … this volume does approach that for the major human pathogens and should be accessible to both practising consultants and pathologists, as well as to researchers and those studying medical microbiology.” (Ima Fungus, Vol. 5 (1), June, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Fungal Pathogens
Editors: Oliver Kurzai
Series Title: The Mycota
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39432-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-39431-7Published: 16 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-49604-6Published: 16 December 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-39432-4Published: 29 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2945-8048
Series E-ISSN: 2945-8056
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXII, 298
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Allergology, Cell Biology, Eukaryotic Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics