Atlas of Infectious Diseases : Fungal Infections

The diagnosis and management of patients with care professionals, and this comprehensive atlas is an infectious diseases are based in large part on visual effective teaching tool. clues. Skin and mucous membrane lesions, eye find­ Dr. Richard Diamond is an internationally recog­ ings, imaging studies, Gram stains, culture plates, nized expert in laboratory and clinica! aspects of fungal insect vectors, preparations of blood, urine, pus cere­ diseases. He has assembled a roster of expert authors brospinal fluid, and biopsy specimens are studied to who have prepared superbly informative chapters. The establish the proper diagnosis and to choose the most coverage is comprehensive and the illustrations are effective therapy. The Atlas of Infectious Diseases will very useful as aids for clinical diagnosis and therapy. be a modern, complete collection of these images. This Fungal Infections volume will be a valuable Current Medicine, with its capability of superb color resource for clinicians caring for patients and teachers reproduction and its state-of-the-art computer imag­ in fields related to clinica! mycology. Specialists in ing facilities, is the ideal publisher for the Atlas. infectious diseases HIV 1 AIDS, pulmonary medicine, lnfectious diseases physicians, scientists, microbiolo­ dermatology, oncology, clinica! pathology, and neurol­ gists, and pathologists frequently teach other health- ogy will find this volume of special in te rest. Front Matter....Pages I-IX Histoplasmosis....Pages 1-21 Coccidioidomycosis....Pages 23-37 Blastomycosis....Pages 39-51 Paracoccidioidomycosis....Pages 53-63 Sporotrichosis....Pages 65-77 Cryptococcosis....Pages 79-93 Systemic Candidiasis....Pages 95-115 Mucocutaneous Candidiasis....Pages 117-133 Aspergillosis....Pages 135-160 Mucormycosis and Entomophthoromycosis....Pages 161-169 Penicillium marneffei Infections....Pages 171-180 Mycetoma....Pages 181-190 Dermatophytoses and Other Superficial Mycoses....Pages 191-203 Pneumocystis carinii Infection....Pages 205-216 Phaeohyphomycosis and Hyalohyphomycosis....Pages 217-230 Back Matter....Pages 231-236 This atlas will show the panoply of infections caused by fungi, emphasizing the visual clues to diagnosis of specific fungal diseases. The entire spectrum, from noninvasive cutaneous infections to systemic involvement with the endemic mycoses, to disease from a wide variety of opportunistic pathogens, will be highlighted