Pathogenic yeasts and yeast infections /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Segal, Esther, Baum, Gerald L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [1994]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Candida and candidiasis
  • Biology of candida and experimental candidiasis
  • General biological characteristics of Candida
  • Ultrastructure of Candida albicans
  • Cell wall
  • Genetic studies in Candida albicans
  • Virulence factors
  • Experimental infection
  • Vaccination as an expression of immunity to Candida
  • Human disease
  • Introduction to part B
  • Epidemiology, pathogenesis and immunology
  • Pathology
  • Oral and cutaneous candidiasis
  • Candidal vaginal syndromes
  • Ocular candidiasis
  • Disseminated candidiasis
  • Diagnostic techniques
  • Treatment
  • Cryptococcus and cryptococcosis
  • Biology of Cryptococcus and experimental cryptococcosis
  • Introduction to part A
  • General biological characteristics of Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Studies of the morphology of Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Antigenicity and immunity
  • Recent molecular and genetic studies in Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Melanin production and encapsulation as factors in virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Experimental cryptococcosisr
  • Human disease
  • Introduction to part B
  • Epidemiology, pathogenesis and immunopathogenesis
  • Pathology
  • Clinical manifestations of cryptococcosis
  • Diagnosis of cryptococcal infection and disease
  • Treatment