Fungal infections in Asia : Eastern frontier of mycology /: Eastern frontier of mycology. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor: Arunaloke Chakrabarti.
• Editors: Chakrabarti, Arunaloke
• Contents: Front Cover; Fungal Infections in Asia: Eastern Frontier of Mycology; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; ECAB Clinical Update Information: Infectious Diseases; SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Introduction; REFERENCES; SECTION 2: EPIDEMIOLOGY; Chapter 2. Opportunistic Fungal Infections in Asia; INTRODUCTION; INCIDENCE/PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR/UNDERLYING ILLNESS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Endemic Mycoses in Asia; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HISTOPLASMOSIS, PENICILLIOSIS, AND BLASTOMYCOSIS IN ASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPOROTRICHOSIS; REFERENCES. SECTION 3: SPECIAL POPULATIONChapter 4. Opportunistic Mycoses in Intensive Care Unit; INTRODUCTION; INDIAN EPIDEMIOLOGY; ASPERGILLUS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; HEALTHHCARE-ASSOCIATED MUCORMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Mycoses in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Opportunistic Mycoses in Pediatric Patients; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS; PATHOGENESIS; CLINICAL PRESENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; OUTCOME; REFERENCES. Chapter 7. Opportunistic Mycoses in Transplant PatientsINTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SPECIFIC INFECTIONS (TABLE 3); DIAAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES IN INDIA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Opportunistic Mycoses in Hematological Malignancies; MAGNITUDE OF PROBLEM; INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMAS; DIAGNOSIS OF INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES; TREATMENT APPROACH; PREVENTION OF INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES; ASIAN DATA40-56; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SECTION 4: IFI IN ASIA; Chapter 9. Invasive Candidiasis in Asia. INTRODUCTIONA COMMON DISEASES OR A EVENT?; INCREASING OR DECREASING: IS THE TIDE TURNING?; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC CHALLEGES; MANAGMENT CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Invasive Aspergillosis in Asia; INTRODUCTION; ASPERGILLOSIS AND CLIMATE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS-EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; SINO-ORBITAL-CEREBRAL ASPERGLLOSIS; CHRONIC PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; ASPERGILLOSIS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; CASE SUMMARY; CASE SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. Chapter 11. Cryptococcosis in AsiaINTRODUCTION; GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; ASIAN EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME (IRIS) AND CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PREVALENCE; DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 12. Mucormycosis in Asia; INTRODUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS IN ASIA; DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE; TREATMENT CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Rare Fungal Infections in Asia; INTRODUCTION; MUCORMYCOSIS; ENTOMOPHTHOROMYCOSIS; HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; MYCOTIC KERATITIS; YEAST INFECTION; RHINOSPORIDIOSIS.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.9/6901; Pathogenic fungi -- Asia; Medical mycology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases; Medical mycology; Pathogenic fungi; Asia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788131239629; 8131239624
• Related ISBNs: 9788131235560
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