Antifungal therapy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mahmoud Ghannoum, John R. Perfect.
• Editors: Ghannoum, Mahmoud A (Mahmoud Afif); Perfect, John R, 1949-
• Contents: 1. History of Antifungals Kim Swindell and Emily Larkin 2. Epidemiology of Fungal Infections: What, Where, and When Sylvia F. Costa, Fredric Lamoth and Barbara D. Alexander 3. Experimental Animal Models of Invasive Fungal Infections Lisa Long and Chris Hager 4. Antifungal Drug Resistance: Significance and Mechanisms Pranab K. Mukherjee, Sharvari Dharmaiah and Rania A. Sherif 5. Antifungal Prophylaxis: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure Aimee K. Zaas 6. Preemptive Antifungal Therapy: do diagnostics help? Kimberly E. Hanson, Vidya Jagadeesan 7. The immune response to fungal challenge Jeffery Hu and Jeffery Aluetta 8. Immunomodulators: What is the evidence for use in mycoses? J. Andrew Alspaugh 9. Fungal Biofilms and Catheter-Associated Infections Jyotsna Chandra and Mahmoud Ghannoum 10. Polyenes for Prevention and Treatment Invasive Fungal Infections Richard H. Drew 11. Flucytosine Richard H. Drew 12. Pharmacology of Azole Antifungal Agents Elizabeth S. Dodds Ashley 13. Echinocandins for Prevention and Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections Melissa D. Johnson, John Mohr and Ahmad Mourad 14. Novel Methods of Antifungal Administration Richard H. Drew 15. Dermatophytosis Nancy Isham and Mahmoud Ghannoum 16. Invasive Candidiasis Rick Watkins and Tracy Lemonovich 17. Invasive Aspergillosis Fran Esper 18. Management of Cryptococcosis John R. Perfect and Ahmad Mourad 19. Management of Endemic Mycoses John R. Perfect and Ahmad Mourad 20. Human Hyalohyphomycoses: A Review of Human Infections Due to Acremonium spp., Paecilomyces spp., Penicillium spp., Talaromyces spp. and Scopulariopsis spp. Nour Hasan 21. Management of Phaeohyphomycosis John R. Perfect and Ahmad Mourad 22. Pneumocystis Kim Swindell 23. Management of Mucormycoses John R. Perfect and Ahmad Mourad 24. Antifungal Management in Risk Groups: Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Jasmine Chung, Sylvia F. Costa and Barbara D. Alexander 25 . Prophylaxis and Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections in Neutropenic Cancer and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Patients Hillard Lazaras, Marcie L. Riches and Daniel R. Richardson 26. Antifungal Use in Transplant Recipients: Selection, Administration and Monitoring Richard H. Drew 27. Infants: Yeasts are Beasts in Early Life Daniel Benjamin Jr. and Rachel Greenberg 28. Newer Antifungal Agents in PediatricsNewer Antifungal Agents in Pediatrics William J. Steinbach 29. Fungal Infections in Burn Patients Nour Hasan 30. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Nour Hasan 31. Fungal Infections of the Genitourinary Tract Raymond Rackley and Cristina Rackley 32. Mycobiome in Health and Disease Najla El-Jurdi, Pranab Mukerjee and M Ghannoum
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 615.792; Antifungal agents; Antifungal agents -- Therapeutic use
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429687693; 9780429687709; 9780429687686; 9780429402012
• Related ISBNs: 9781498768146
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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