Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology - A Guide for Scientists and Clinicians

Part of the Oxford Textbook in Infectious Disease and Microbiology series, this comprehensive reference unites the science and medicine of human fungal disease. Written by a leading group of international authors, topics include recent developments in taxonomy, fungal genetics and other "omics", epidemiology, pathogenesis, and immunology.

List of 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. Gónzalez, Beatriz L. Gómez: 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

About the author

Christopher C. Kibbler is Professor of Medical Microbiology at University College London and medical mycology is the focus of his academic interests. He has published more than 200 papers, articles, chapters and books and contributed to a number of international guidelines on the management of fungal disease. He is Past President of the British Society of Medical Mycology (BSMM), Past Chair of the UK Clinical Mycology Network and Programme Director of the UCL/BSMM Masters Programme in Medical Mycology.

Richard Barton is a principal clinical scientist and is responsible for running and developing the Mycology Reference Centre in Leeds an NHS mycology diagnostic service provided to health service providers across the UK and beyond. He has published in areas of diagnostic mycology, served on the BSMM executive, and taught at the University of Leeds and for the UCL/BSMM Masters Programme in Medical Mycology.

Neil A. R. Gow is s Professor of Molecular Mycology at the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is-past- President of the British Mycological Society, the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) and is current President of the Microbiology Society. He has published extensively on medical and general mycology.

Susan Howell is Head of St John's Dermatology Mycology at Viapath. Her mycological focus is on superficial and subcutaneous fungal infections, and she leads a mycology service that serves patients from the St John's Dermatology clinics, local community and beyond. Susan's academic focus is on teaching and training in order to promote mycology and awareness of fungal infections. She has published a number of papers and book chapters, and is a past Executive Committee member and Secretary to the British Society for Medical Mycology.

Donna M. MacCallum is a Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Teaching Lead in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Her academic research in the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen focuses on infection models to investigate fungal pathogenicity and antifungal therapies, and has published over 70 research papers, reviews and book chapters. She is the current Treasurer of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycoses (ISHAM), past Treasurer of the British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM) and has served on the eukaryotic Committee of the Microbiology Society.

Rohini J. Manuel is a Consultant Microbiologist and Mycology Lead at the Public Health Laboratory London, National Infection Service, Public Health England, as well as a consulting advisor for the Royal College of Pathologists, and member of RCPath England Regional Council. Her main interests are in invasive fungal diseases affecting the immunocompromised. She is a member of the UK Clinical Mycology Network Steering Group, and of the English Surveillance Programme on Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance Antifungal Subgroup. She is training lead at the Public Health Laboratory London, Senior Examiner in Medical Microbiology at the Royal College of Pathologists and sits on the Board of Examiners for the British Society for Medical Mycology / UCL MSc in Medical Mycology. Rohini is one of the organisers for the national Fungal Update meeting at St Bartholomews Hospital, London. She is a key member of the UK Incident Management Team for the newly emerging global pathogen, Candida auris.

Summary

Part of the Oxford Textbook in Infectious Disease and Microbiology series, this comprehensive reference unites the science and medicine of human fungal disease. Written by a leading group of international authors, topics include recent developments in taxonomy, fungal genetics and other "omics", epidemiology, pathogenesis, and immunology.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher C. (Professor of Medical Micr Kibbler
• Assisted by: Richard Barton (Editor), Barton Richard (Editor), Neil A. R. Gow (Editor), Susan Howell (Editor), Howell Susan (Editor), Christopher C. Kibbler (Editor), Donna M. MacCallum (Editor), MacCallum Donna M. (Editor), Rohini J. Manuel (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2017
• EAN: 9780198755388
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875538-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Oxford Textbooks in Infectious Disease and Microbiology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Immunology, MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, MEDICAL / Parasitology, MEDICAL / Microbiology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Medical microbiology & virology, Medical laboratory testing & techniques, Clinical and internal medicine, Infectious and contagious diseases, Medical microbiology and virology, Medical laboratory testing and techniques