Current Topics in Medical Mycology
- ISBN-10
- 146139547X
- ISBN-13
- 9781461395478
- Series
- Current Topics in Medical Mycology
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 359
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-06
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Author
- Michael R. McGinnis
Description
Current Topics in Medical Mycology, which is a new annual series published by Springer-Verlag, is intended to summarize current topics in medical mycology for medical mycologists and other scientists who are work ing in microbiology and immunology. Topics to be in cluded in each year's volume will serve as contemporary reviews, summaries of current advancements and future directions, and mechanisms to enhance the interdiscipli nary use of medically important fungi in the areas of pathogenesis, epidemiology, mycotoxins, taxonomy, and other areas where basic, applied, and clinical science are used. Michael R. McGinnis Contents ix Contributors 1 Pathology of the Mycoses in Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) FRANCIS W. CHANDLER 1 Composition and Structure of Yeast Cell 2 Walls 24 GRAHAM H. FLEET 3 Animal Models for Candidiasis M. NEAL GUENTZEL, GARRY T. COLE, and 57 LEODOCIA M. POPE 4 Dermatophyte Antigens and Cell-Mediated Immunity in Dermatophytosis 117 TAAVIKAAMAN 5 Natural Cell-Mediated Resistance Against Cryptococcus neoformans: A Possible Role for Natural Killer (NK) Cells J UNEANN W. M URPHY 135 6 Biotyping of Medically Important Fungi FRANK C. ODDS 155 7 Characterization of Protein and Mannan Polysaccharide Antigens of Yeasts, Moulds, and Actinomycetes ERROL REISS, MILTON HUPPERT, and ROBERT CHERNIAK 172 Contents viii The Changing Epidemiology and Emerging 8 Patterns of Dermatophyte Species 208 JOHN WILLARD RIPPON 9 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Cell Wall Glucans, Pathogenicity, and Dimorphism GIOCONDA SAN-BLAS 235 10 The Role of Zinc in Candida Dimorphism 258 DAvID R. SOLL 11 Killer Yeasts REED B.
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