Progress in Drug Research - 1: Antifungal Agents - Advances and Problems

This second volume of PDR SPECIAL TOPICS contains five review articles dealing with fungal diseases in humans as well as therapeutic approaches. The first chapter gives an account of the various growth forms of pathogenic fungi and classifies them based on their sexual cycle and on their RNA/DNA patterns. The second chapter describes the clinical manifestations of human fungal infections, their prevalence and epidemiology. The third chapter is devoted to diverse laboratory methods in the field of diagnosis of fungal infections, and the fourth and main chapter presents a complete overview of current antifungal therapy. The increase in fungal infections and the improvement of therapeutic options leading to a demand for reliable antifungal susceptibility testing is the topic of the closing chapter. The volume aims at the practitioner who wants to be abreast of the latest achievements in this field and advanced students who wish to further their studies in this important domain.

List of contents

Classification and taxonomy of fungi pathogenic for warm-blooded hosts.- Fungal diseases.- Diagnosis of fungal diseases.- Antifungal therapy - state of the art at the beginning of the 21st century.- Susceptibility testing of fungi - current status and open questions.

Summary

This second volume of PDR SPECIAL TOPICS contains five review articles,
covering nearly the entire field of fungal diseases in humans as well as
therapeutic approaches. The main emphasis of the book lies in antifungal
therapy: the most relevant information on the present state of the art
of antifungal chemotherapy for dermatomycoses, subcutaneous and invasive
mycoses is summarized, and open questions and unsolved pro

Product details

• Assisted by: Ernst M. Jucker (Editor), Erns M Jucker (Editor), Ernst M Jucker (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Basel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2005
• EAN: 9783764369262
• ISBN: 978-3-7643-6926-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 718 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 248 p. 28 illus.
• Sets: Progress in Drug Research; Progress in Drug Research
• Series: Progress in Drug Research; Progress in Drug Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; B, Medizin, allgemein, Medicine, Krankheiten und Störungen, Medicine: general issues, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Infectious & contagious diseases, Pharmacology, infectious diseases, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Pharmacology/Toxicology