The Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection

by Richardson, M. D.; Johnson, Elizabeth M., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780632053254
• ISBN10: 0632053259
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection will be a book of 112 pages which presents the major fungal infections in a synoptic manner that will assist in the diagnosis and management of disease. It includes over 30 descriptions of disease using consistently applied headings: definition; geographical distribution; casual organisms; clinical manifestations; essential investigations; management. Text will be in the form of bulleted paragraphs to make it easier to locate

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgements	1	(2)
Dermatophytosis
Tinea capitis	2	(2)
Tinea corporis	4	(2)
Tinea cruris	6	(2)
Tinea pedis	8	(2)
Tinea manuum	10	(2)
Tinea unguium	12	(2)
Mucosal and cutaneous infections
Oral candidosis	14	(2)
Vaginal candidosis	16	(2)
Cutaneous candidosis	18	(2)
Malassezia infections	20	(4)
Mould infections of nails	24	(2)
Keratomycosis	26	(2)
Otomycosis	28	(2)
Opportunistic fungal infections
Aspergillosis	30	(7)
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia	37	(1)
Deep candidosis	38	(8)
Cryptococcosis	46	(4)
Mucormycosis	50	(4)
Systemic mycoses
Blastomycosis	54	(4)
Coccidioidomycosis	58	(6)
Histoplasmosis	64	(6)
Paracoccidioidomycosis	70	(4)
Subcutaneous mycoses
Chromoblastomycosis	74	(2)
Subcutaneous zygomycosis	76	(4)
Lobomycosis	80	(2)
Mycetoma	82	(4)
Rhinosporidiosis	86	(2)
Sporotrichosis	88	(4)
Unusual fungal infections
Hyalohyphomycosis	92	(4)
Penicillium marneffei infection	96	(2)
Phaeohyphomycosis	98	(4)
Uncommon yeast infections	102	(5)
Selected reading: recently published texts and monographs	107	(2)
WWW sites	109	(2)
Index	111