New strategies in fungal disease : proceedings of an international symposium, Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, 21-24 September 1991 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh ; New York :
C. Livingstone,
1992.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Frontiers of infectious diseases.
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Table of Contents:
- Plenary lecture 1 / chairman, P.K. Peterson
- Developing drugs for the deep mycoses: a short history / speaker, J.E. Bennett
- Session I: Virulence factors in candidiasis / chairman, K.P.W.J. McAdam
- Proteinase / speaker, R. Ruchel; discussant, F.C. Odds
- Mannoprotein adhesins of Candida albicans / speaker, L.J. Douglas; discussant, J. Sobel
- Human complement receptor-like molecules on Candida / speaker, J.E. Edwards Jr.;discussant, R.A. Calderone
- Session II: Other mycoses / chairman, H.C. Neu
- Targeting morphogenetic events in the parasitic cycle of Coccidioides immitis / speaker, G.T. Cole; discussant, D.A. Stevens
- Host defence in aspergillosis / speaker, A. Schaffner; discussant, R.D. Diamond
- Session III: Yeast genetics and morphogenesis / chairman, M.V. Hayes
- Novel targets for antifungal drugs / speaker, C. Nombela; discussant, M.G. Shepherd
- Molecular genetics of dimorphism in Candida albicans / speaker, P.S. Sypherd; discussant, M.F. Tuite
- Switching and its possible role in Candida pathogenesis / speaker, D.R. Soll; discussant, P.T. Magee.
- (cont) Session IV: Cryptococcus / chairman, J. Verhoef
- Capsule synthesis and immunity to Cryptococcus neoformans / speaker, G.J. Bancroft; discussant, T.R. Kozel
- Recent advances in the molecular genetics of Cryptococcus neoformans / speaker, K.J. Kwon-Chung; discussant, J.B. Hicks
- Plenary lecture 2 / chairman, S.R. Norrby
- Fungal evasion of host defences / speaker, R.J. Hay
- Session V: Serodiagnosis / chairman, D.W.R. Mackenzie
- Immunodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis in patients with neoplastic diseases / speaker, T.J. Walsh; discussant, R.C. Matthews
- Serodiagnosis of aspergillosis / speaker, V.T. Andriole; discussant, L. de Repentigny
- Session VI: Prevention and therapy of fungal infections / chairman, H.C. Neu; discussant for all three chapters, W.E. Dismukes
- Prophylaxis of fungal infections / speaker, F. Meunier
- Antifungal therapy in the non-compromised host / speaker, J.R. Graybill
- Antifungal therapy in AIDS patients / speaker, B. Dupont.