Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease. Written by a leading group of international authors to bring a global expertise, it is divided into sections that deal with the principles of mycology, the organisms, a systems-based approach to management, fungal disease in specific patient groups, diagnosis, and treatment.

The detailed clinical chapters take account of recent international guidelines on the management of fungal disease. With chapters covering recent developments in taxonomy, fungal genetics and other "omics", epidemiology, pathogenesis, and immunology, this textbook is well suited to aid both scientists and clinicians.

The extensive illustrations, tables, and in-depth coverage of topics, including discussion of the non-infective aspects of allergic and toxin mediated fungal disease, are designed to aid the understanding of mechanisms and pathology, and extend the usual approach to fungal disease.

This textbook is essential reading for microbiologists, research scientists, infectious diseases clinicians, respiratory physicians, and those managing immunocompromised patients. Part of the Oxford Textbook in Infectious Disease and Microbiology series, it is also a useful companion text for students and trainees looking to supplement mycology courses and microbiology training.

Table of Contents

1. The principles of medical mycology
1: Introduction to medical mycology, David W. Warnock
2: Fungal taxonomy and nomenclature, Andrew M. Borman
3: Physiology and metabolism of fungal pathogens, Neil A.R. Gow, Alistair J.P. Brown
4: Fungal cell structure and organization, Nick D. Read
5: Fungal genetics, Paul S. Dyer, Carol A. Munro, Rosie E. Bradshaw
6: Fungal genomics and transcriptomics, Carol A. Munro, Duncan Wilson
7: Epidemiology and fungal disease, Rajal K. Mody, Angela Alquist Cleveland, Shawn R. Lockhart, Mary E. Brandt
8: Pathogenesis of fungal disease, Frank C. Odds
9: Immunology of fungal disease, Ivy M. Dambuza, Jeanette Wagener, Gordon D. Brown, Neil A.R. Gow
2. Medically important fungi
10: Aspergillus species, Stephanie Smith, Rohini J. Manuel, Christopher C. Kibbler
11: Candida species, Bernhard Hube, Oliver Kurzai
12: Cryptococcus species, Catriona L. Halliday, Sarah E. Kidd
13: Other yeasts, Chris Linton, Susan Howell
14: Dematiaceous fungi, Sarah E. Kidd, Catriona L. Halliday
15: The dermatophytes, Susan Howell
16: Endemic dimorphic fungi, Angela Restrepo, Angel A. Gónzalez, Beatriz L. Gómez
17: Hyaline moulds, Elizabeth M. Johnson
18: Mucoraceous moulds, Thomas R. Rogers, Elizabeth M. Johnson
19: Pneumocystis jirovecii, Stuart Flanagan
3. Fungal diseases
20: Fungal bone and joint infections, Damien Mack, Simon Warren, Shara Palanivel, Christopher P. Conlon
21: Fungal cardiovascular infections, Sarah Drake, Jonathan Sandoe
22: Fungal central nervous system infections, Tihana Bicanic, Thomas S. Harrison
23: Fungal infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, Roderick J. Hay
24: Fungal infections of ear, nose, and throat, Arunaloke Chakrabarti
25: Fungaemia and disseminated infection, Rebecca Lester, John Rex
26: Fungal diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, Silke Schelenz
27: Genito-urinary fungal infections, Jack D. Sobel
28: Fungal eye infections, Heather L. Clark, Eric Pearlman
29: Fungal infections of the kidney and those associated with renal failure, dialysis, and renal Transplantation, Eileen K. Maziarz, John R. Perfect
30: Fungal infections of the respiratory tract, Samantha E. Jacobs, Catherine B. Small, Thomas J. Walsh
31: Fungal toxin-mediated disease, Christopher C. Kibbler
4. Fungal infections in specific patient groups
32: Fungal infections in haemato-oncology, Philipp Koehler, Oliver A. Cornely
33: Fungal infections among patients with AIDS, Blandine Denis, Fanny Lanternier, Olivier Lortholary
34: Fungal infections in solid organ transplantation, Darius Armstrong James, Anand Shah, Anna Reed
35: Fungal Infections in neonates, Adilia Warris
36: Fungal infections in intensive therapy units, Rosemary Barnes, Matthijs Backx
37: Fungal disease in cystic fibrosis and chronic respiratory disorders, Chris Kosmidis, David W. Denning, Eavan G. Muldoon
5. Diagnosis of fungal disease
38: Biosafety and quality assurance in the mycology labratory, Michael D. Palmer, Shila Seaton
39: Microscopy and culture of fungal disease, Gillian Shankland
40: Histopathology of fungal disease, Sebastian B. Lucas
41: The imaging of fungal disease, Joanne Cleverley
42: Serology of fungal disease, Richard Barton
43: Molecular diagnosis of fungal disease, P. Lewis White, Rosemary A. Barnes
44: Guidelines for the diagnosis of fungal disease, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
6. Antifungal therapy
45: Principles of antifungal therapy, Russell E. Lewis
46: Antifungal agents, Donna M. MacCallum
47: Antifungal susceptibility testing and resistance, Elizabeth M. Johnson
48: Antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring, H. Ruth Ashbee
49: Antifungal treatment guidelines, Laura Cottom, Brian L. Jones

Christopher C. Kibbler, Professor of Medical Microbiology, University College London, London, Richard Barton, Prinicipal Clinical Scientist, Mycology Reference Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, Neil A. R. Gow, Chair in Microbiology, Aberdeen Fungal Group, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Susan Howell, Head of St John's Dermatology Mycology, Viapath, London, Donna M. MacCallum, Senior Lecturer, Aberdeen Fungal Group, MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, and Rohini J. Manuel, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist, Public Health Laboratory London, National Infection Service, Public Health England