New Insights in Medical Mycology.
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Kevin Kavanagh
- ناشر : Dordrecht : Springer,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9781402063978
Description
Front Matter; Immunity to fungi; In vitro models to analyse fungal infection; Insects as Models for Studying the Virulence of Fungal Pathogens of Humans; Novel Antifungal Therapies; Candida Albicans: New Insights in Infection, Disease, and Treatment; Pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans; The Zygomycetes; The virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus; The Biology of the Thermally Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Penicillium marneffei; Immune Responses to Dermatophytoses; Insights in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Pathogenicity; Fusarium and Scedosporium: Emerging Fungal Pathogens; Back Matter.
Although the means of diagnosing and treating fungal infections have improved greatly over the last decade fungi still represent a serious threat to the health of immunocompromised and immunodeficient patients. The aim of this book is to give an in-depth assessment of our current understanding of the Biology of the main fungal pathogens and how they interact with the host??'s immune response. Each Chapter focuses on a specific fungal pathogen or group of pathogens and examines their biology and the factors that allow the fungus colonise and disseminate within the host. In addition each Chapter
