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This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Current Perspectives on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Chest Infections.Editors Andrew Limper and Eva Carmona have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: When to consider the possibility of a fungal infection: an overview of clinical diagnosis and laboratory approaches; Overview of treatment approaches for fungal infections; Clinical perspectives in the diagnosis and management of histoplasmosis; Presentation and management of coccidiodomycosis in immune competent and immunosuppressed patients; Clinical manifestations and treatment of blastomycosis; Update on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of cryptococcal infections; Approach to fungal infections in HIV-infected individuals: Pneumocystis and beyond; Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients with malignancies: practical approaches to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; Candidemia in the intensive care unit; Fungal infections following lung transplantation; Noninvasive aspergillus infections and syndromes; Contemporary laboratory modalities for the diagnosis of fungal infections; Emergence of the molds other than Aspergillus in immunocompromised patients.

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Author:   Andrew H. Limper (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine) ,  Eva Carmona (Mayo Clinic)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Volume:   38-3
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780323545464

ISBN 10:   0323545467
Publication Date:   26 September 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Clinics in Chest Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Chest Infections Preface: Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Chest Infections When to Consider the Possibility of a Fungal Infection: An Overview of Clinical Diagnosis and Laboratory Approaches Overview of Treatment Approaches for Fungal Infections Clinical Perspectives in the Diagnosis and Management of Histoplasmosis Diagnosis and Management of Coccidioidomycosis Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Blastomycosis Cryptococcal Lung Infections Approach to Fungal Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals: Pneumocystis and Beyond Fungal Pneumonia in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Candidemia in the Intensive Care Unit Fungal Infections After Lung Transplantation Allergic and Noninvasive Infectious Pulmonary Aspergillosis Syndromes Laboratory Diagnostics for Fungal Infections: A Review of Current and Future Diagnostic Assays Emergence of the Molds Other than Aspergillus in Immunocompromised Patients

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