Identification of Pathogenic Fungi

Since the first edition of Identification of Pathogenic Fungi, there has been incredible progress in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of fungal diseases: new methods of diagnosis have been introduced, and new antifungal agents have been licensed for use. However, these developments have been offset by the emergence of resistance to several classes of drugs, and an increase in infections caused by fungi with innate resistance to one or more classes. Identification of Pathogenic Fungi, Second Edition, assists in the identification of over 100 of the most significant organisms of medical importance. Each chapter is arranged so that the descriptions for similar organisms may be found on adjacent pages. Differential diagnosis details are given for each organism on the basis of both colonial appearance and microscopic characteristics for the organisms described. In this fully updated second edition, a new chapter on the identification of fungi in histopathological sections and smears has been added, while colour illustrations of cultures and microscopic structures have been included, and high quality, four colour digital images are incorporated throughout.

Since the first edition of Identification of Pathogenic Fungi, there has been incredible progress in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of fungal diseases: new methods of diagnosis have been introduced, and new antifungal agents have been licensed for use. However, these developments have been offset by the emergence of resistance to several classes of drugs, and an increase in infections caused by fungi with innate resistance to one or more classes.Identification of Pathogenic Fungi, Second Edition, assists in the identification of over 100 of the most significant organisms of medical importance. Each chapter is arranged so that the descriptions for similar organisms may be found on adjacent pages. Differential diagnosis details are given for each organism on the basis of both colonial appearance and microscopic characteristics for the organisms described.In this fully updated second edition, a new chapter on the identification of fungi in histopathological sections and smears has been added, while colour illustrations of cultures and microscopic structures have been included, and high quality, four colour digital images are incorporated throughout.

1. Introduction; life histories of the major groups of fungi and their spore types2. Identification of moulds; laboratory aspects of growing and examining moulds3. Moulds with aleuriospores I. The dermatophytes Microsporum canis Microsporum equinum Microsporum gypseum Microsporum fulvum Epidermophyton floccosum Trichophyston terrestre Microsporum persicolor Trichophyton equinum Trichophyton erinacei Trichophyton mentagrophytes Trichophyton interdigitale Trichophyton rubrum Trichophyton rubrum (granular form) Trichophyton tonsurans Trichophyton soudanense Microsporum audouinnii Trichophyton schoenleinii Trichophyton verrucosum Trichophyton violaceum Trichophyton concentricum Other Microsporum and Trichophyton species4. Moulds with aleuriospores II. Others Geomyces pannorm Chrysosporium keratinophilum Myceliophthora thermophia Histoplasma capsulatum Blastomyces dermatitidis Paracoccidioides brasiliensis5. Moulds with holoblastic conidia Aureobasidium pullulans Sporothrix schenckii Cladophialophora carrionii Cladophialophora bantiana Cladosporium sphaerospermum Cladosporium herbarum Cladosporium cladosporioides Fonsecaea pedrosoi Rhinocladiella atrovirens Ramichloridium mackenziei Ochroconis gallopava Alternaria alternata Ulocladium chartarum Curvularia lunata Bipolaris hawaiiensis Bipolaris australiensis Exserohilum rostratum Exserohilum longirostratum Exserohilum mcginnisii6. Moulds with enteroblastic conidia adhering in chains Asergillus flavus Aspergillus fumigatus Aspergillus glaucus Aspergillus nidulans Aspergillus versicolour Aspergillus ustus Aspergillus niger Aspergillus terreus Aspergillus cadidus Penicillium marneffei Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Paecilomyces lilacinus Paecilomyces variotii7. Moulds with enteroblastic conidia adhering in wet masses Cylindrocarpon lichenicola Fusarium dimerum Fusarium semitectum Fusarium moniliforme Fusarium oxysporum Fusarium solani Acremonium strictum Acremonium kiliense Lecythophora mutabilis Lecythophora hoffmannii Phialemonium spp. Scedosporium prolificans Scedosporium apiospermum Phialophora parasitica Phialophora richardsiae Phialophora verrucosa Phaeoannellomyces werneckii Exophiala spinifera Exophiala dermatitidis Exophiala jeanselmei8. Mucoraceous moulds and their relatives Cunninghamella bertholletiae Absidia corymbifera Rhizomucor pusillus Mucor circinelloides Rhizopus microsporus Rhizopus arrhizus Rhizopus stolonifer Mucor hiemalis Mucor racemosus Basidiobolus ranarum Conidiobolus coronatus Pythium insidiosum Apophysomyces elegans Saksenaea vasiformis Morierella wolfii9. Miscellaneous moulds Aphanoascus fulvescens Monascus ruber Chaetomium globosum Phoma herbarum Myxotrichum deflexum Schizophyllum commune Leptosphaeria senegalensis Neotstudina rosatii Piedraia hortae Lasiodiplodia theobromae Pyrenochaeta romeroi Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis Madurella mycetomatis Madurella grisea11. Identification of yeasts Candida albicans Candida tropicalis Candida krusei Candida lipolytica Candida kefyr Candida lusitaniae Candida parapsilosis Candida pelliculosa Candida glabrata Candida guilliermondii Cryptococcus neoformans Rhodotorula glutinis Saccharomyces cerevisiae Geotrichum candidum Blastoschizomyces capitatus Trichosporon beigelii Malassezia furfur Malassezia pachydermatisAppendices