Clinical mycology

Contributors, xi PART I INTRODUCTION, 1 1. Laboratory Aspects of Medical Mycology, 3 Mary E. Brandt and David W. Warnock 2. Epidemiology of Systemic Fungal Diseases: Overview, 23 Rana A. Hajjeh and David W. Warnock PART II SYSTEMIC ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS, 31 3. Amphotericin B, 33 Stanley W. Chapman, John D. Cleary, and P. David Rogers 4. Liposomal Nystatin, 49 Richard J. Hamill 5. Flucytosine, 59 Robert A. Larsen 6. Azole Antifungal Drugs, 64 Jackson Como and William E. Dismukes 7. Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors: Echinocandins and Nikkomycins, 88 Andreas H. Groll and Thomas J. Walsh 8. Terbinafine, 104 Peter G. Pappas 9. Resistance to Antifungal Drugs, 111 Dominique Sanglard 10. Adjunctive Antifungal Therapy, 125 Emmanuel Roilides, John Dotis, Joanna Filioti, and Elias Anaissie PART III MYCOSES CAUSED BY YEASTS, 141 11. Candidiasis, 143 Jose A. Vazquez and Jack D. Sobel 12. Cryptococcosis, 188 John W. Baddley and William E. Dismukes 13. Rhodotorula, Malassezia, Trichosporon, and Other Yeast-Like Fungi, 206 Jose A. Vazquez vii viii CONTENTS PART IV MYCOSES CAUSED BY MOULDS, 219 14. Aspergillosis, 221 Thomas F. Patterson 15. Zygomycoses, 241 Ashraf S. Ibrahim, John E. Edwards Jr., and Scott G. Filler 16. Hyalohyphomycoses (other than Aspergillosis and Penicilliosis), 252 Harrys A. Torres and Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis 17. Phaeohyphomycoses, 271 John R. Perfect, Wiley A. Schell, and Gary M. Cox PART V MYCOSES CAUSED BY DIMORPHIC FUNGI, 283 18. Histoplasmosis, 285 Carol A. Kauffman 19. Blastomycosis, 299 Robert W. Bradsher 20. Coccidioidomycosis, 311 Neil M. Ampel 21. Paracoccidioidomycosis, 328 Angela Restrepo-Moreno 22. Sporotrichosis, 346 Peter G. Pappas 23. Penicilliosis, 355 Kenrad E. Nelson and Thira Sirisanthana PART VI MYCOLOGY INVOLVING SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES, 365 24. Superficial Cutaneous Fungal Infections, 367 Jeff Weeks, Stephen A. Moser, and Boni E. Elewski 25. Eumycetoma, 390 Beatriz Bustamante and Pablo E. Campos 26. Chromoblastomycosis, 399 John W. Baddley and William E. Dismukes PART VII OTHER MYCOSES, 405 27. Pneumocystosis, 407 Catherine F. Decker and Henry Masur 28. Miscellaneous Fungi, 420 John W. Baddley and William E. Dismukes PART VIII SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS, 425 29. Fungal Infections in Neutropenic Patients, 427 Juan C. Gea-Banacloche, Andreas H. Groll, and Thomas J. Walsh 30. Fungal Infections in Blood or Marrow Transplant Recipients, 456 Kieren A. Marr Contents ix 31. Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, 470 Peter G. Pappas 32. Fungal Infections among Patients with AIDS, 488 Bertrand Dupont, Peter G. Pappas, and William E. Dismukes Index, 503