Contents
Contents
Summarized disease descriptions Clinical pathology............................................................................................... 7 Superficial mycoses............................................................................................ 7 Cutaneous mycoses............................................................................................ 7 Subcutaneous mycoses....................................................................................... 8 Deep mycoses................................................................................................... 11 Histopathology................................................................................................. 16 Natural ecology................................................................................................ 25
Identification techniques Laboratory conditions....................................................................................... 33 Laboratory techniques...................................................................................... 34 Direct examination........................................................................................... 34 General techniques........................................................................................... 35 Phenotypic methods.......................................................................................... 35 Molecular methods........................................................................................... 35 Recipes............................................................................................................. 38 Level of resolution............................................................................................ 50
Antifungals and treatment Antifungal susceptibility................................................................................... 51 Treatment recommendations............................................................................ 76
General classification Classification.................................................................................................... 89 Nomenclature................................................................................................... 89 Systematics of fungi and pseudofungi............................................................ 104 Phylogenetic overview................................................................................... 105 Phenotypic keys to major groups and genera................................................. 120 Pseudofungi: Mesomycetozoa........................................................................ 129
Taxonomic groups Pseudofungi: Chromista, Oomycota.............................................................. 131 Kingdom Fungi( Eumycota)........................................................................... 138 Chytridiomycota............................................................................................. 140 Zygomycota: Mucorales, Mortierellales........................................................ 145 Entomophthorales........................................................................................... 217 Basidiomycota................................................................................................ 227 Filamentous basidiomycetes........................................................................... 230 Basidiomycetous yeasts.................................................................................. 279 Ascomycota.................................................................................................... 374 Pneumocystis.................................................................................................. 375 Ascomycetous yeasts...................................................................................... 380 Filamentous ascomycetes with fruitbodies in culture..................................... 519 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Arachnomycetales............................... 523 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Calosphaeriales, Diaporthales, Togniniales..................................................................................................... 524 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. orders Capnodiales, Chaetothyriales, Dothideales..................................................................................................... 525 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Eurotiales....................................... 531 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. orders Hypocreales, Clavicipitales.......... 534 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Microascales.................................. 538 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Onygenales..................................... 540 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Ophiostomatales............................. 548 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Pleosporales................................... 549 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Sordariales...................................... 554 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Venturiales..................................... 556 Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina. order Xylariales....................................... 557 Descriptions of individual taxa................................................................... 558
Glossary |
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Index of doubtful names and unconfirmed clinical cases...................................................................................................... 1553 |
Index |
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Bibliography |
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