Main description:

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease. Written by a leading group of international authors to bring a global expertise, it is divided into sections that deal with the principles of mycology, the organisms, a systems-based approach to management, fungal disease in specific patient groups, diagnosis, and treatment.

The detailed clinical chapters take account of recent international guidelines on the management of fungal disease. With chapters covering recent developments in taxonomy, fungal genetics and other "omics", epidemiology, pathogenesis, and immunology, this textbook is well suited to aid both scientists and clinicians.

The extensive illustrations, tables, and in-depth coverage of topics, including discussion of the non-infective aspects of allergic and toxin mediated fungal disease, are designed to aid the understanding of mechanisms and pathology, and extend the usual approach to fungal disease.

This textbook is essential reading for microbiologists, research scientists, infectious diseases clinicians, respiratory physicians, and those managing immunocompromised patients. Part of the Oxford Textbook in Infectious Disease and Microbiology series, it is also a useful companion text for students and trainees looking to supplement mycology courses and microbiology training.

Contents:

1. The principles of medical mycology
1: David W. Warnock: Introduction to medical mycology
2: Andrew M. Borman: Fungal taxonomy and nomenclature
3: Neil A.R. Gow, Alistair J.P. Brown: Physiology and metabolism of fungal pathogens
4: Nick D. Read: Fungal cell structure and organization
5: Paul S. Dyer, Carol A. Munro, Rosie E. Bradshaw: Fungal genetics
6: Carol A. Munro, Duncan Wilson: Fungal genomics and transcriptomics
7: Rajal K. Mody, Angela Alquist Cleveland, Shawn R. Lockhart, Mary E. Brandt: Epidemiology and fungal disease
8: Frank C. Odds: Pathogenesis of fungal disease
9: Ivy M. Dambuza, Jeanette Wagener, Gordon D. Brown, Neil A.R. Gow: Immunology of fungal disease
2. Medically important fungi
10: Stephanie Smith, Rohini J. Manuel, Christopher C. Kibbler: Aspergillus species
11: Bernhard Hube, Oliver Kurzai: Candida species
12: Catriona L. Halliday, Sarah E. Kidd: Cryptococcus species
13: Chris Linton, Susan Howell: Other yeasts
14: Sarah E. Kidd, Catriona L. Halliday: Dematiaceous fungi
15: Susan Howell: The dermatophytes
16: Angela Restrepo, Angel A. Gonzalez, Beatriz L. Gomez: Endemic dimorphic fungi
17: Elizabeth M. Johnson: Hyaline moulds
18: Thomas R. Rogers, Elizabeth M. Johnson: Mucoraceous moulds
19: Stuart Flanagan: Pneumocystis jirovecii
3. Fungal diseases
20: Damien Mack, Simon Warren, Shara Palanivel, Christopher P. Conlon: Fungal bone and joint infections
21: Sarah Drake, Jonathan Sandoe: Fungal cardiovascular infections
22: Tihana Bicanic, Thomas S. Harrison: Fungal central nervous system infections
23: Roderick J. Hay: Fungal infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
24: Arunaloke Chakrabarti: Fungal infections of ear, nose, and throat
25: Rebecca Lester, John Rex: Fungaemia and disseminated infection
26: Silke Schelenz: Fungal diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
27: Jack D. Sobel: Genito-urinary fungal infections
28: Heather L. Clark, Eric Pearlman: Fungal eye infections
29: Eileen K. Maziarz, John R. Perfect: Fungal infections of the kidney and those associated with renal failure, dialysis, and renal Transplantation
30: Samantha E. Jacobs, Catherine B. Small, Thomas J. Walsh: Fungal infections of the respiratory tract
31: Christopher C. Kibbler: Fungal toxin-mediated disease
4. Fungal infections in specific patient groups
32: Philipp Koehler, Oliver A. Cornely: Fungal infections in haemato-oncology
33: Blandine Denis, Fanny Lanternier, Olivier Lortholary: Fungal infections among patients with AIDS
34: Darius Armstrong James, Anand Shah, Anna Reed: Fungal infections in solid organ transplantation
35: Adilia Warris: Fungal Infections in neonates
36: Rosemary Barnes, Matthijs Backx: Fungal infections in intensive therapy units
37: Chris Kosmidis, David W. Denning, Eavan G. Muldoon: Fungal disease in cystic fibrosis and chronic respiratory disorders
5. Diagnosis of fungal disease
38: Michael D. Palmer, Shila Seaton: Biosafety and quality assurance in the mycology labratory
39: Gillian Shankland: Microscopy and culture of fungal disease
40: Sebastian B. Lucas: Histopathology of fungal disease
41: Joanne Cleverley: The imaging of fungal disease
42: Richard Barton: Serology of fungal disease
43: P. Lewis White, Rosemary A. Barnes: Molecular diagnosis of fungal disease
44: Manuel Cuenca-Estrella: Guidelines for the diagnosis of fungal disease
6. Antifungal therapy
45: Russell E. Lewis: Principles of antifungal therapy
46: Donna M. MacCallum: Antifungal agents
47: Elizabeth M. Johnson: Antifungal susceptibility testing and resistance
48: H. Ruth Ashbee: Antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring
49: Laura Cottom, Brian L. Jones: Antifungal treatment guidelines