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Fungi and Mycotic Diseases

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Title Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Subject Neurology; Ophthalmology; Eye Diseases
Description Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/walsh-and-hoyt/
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS), Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/about/copyright
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Identifier CH50_2775-2852
Title Fungi and Mycotic Diseases
Alternative Title Section 11: Chapter 50
Creator Joel M. Weinstein, MD
Affiliation University of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Hospital
Subject Infectious Diseases; Fungi; Molds; Yeasts; Prototheca Wickerhamii; Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
Description "Opportunistic fungal infections are common and continue to increase in frequency and severity as a consequence of the use of immunosuppressive therapy after solid-organ transplantation and for a variety of diseases, particularly cancer, and because of the increasing prevalence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (1-6)."
Abstract "Opportunistic fungal infections are common and continue to increase in frequency and severity as a consequence of the use of immunosuppressive therapy after solid-organ transplantation and for a variety of diseases, particularly cancer, and because of the increasing prevalence of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (1-6). Infections caused by fungi can be broadly divided into those that take advantage of defects in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), such as aspergillosis, mucormycosis, and candidiasis, and those that take advantage of a defect in the phagocytic ability of T-lymphocytes, such as coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, and histoplasmosis (1,7,8). In this chapter, we consider the fungi that are most often pathogenic in hu-mans and frequently affect the ocular and central nervous system(CNS). The taxonomic classification of fungi that we have used is meant to be current (9); however, it must be emphasized that continued improvement in techniques that permit detailed analysis of the structural components, genetic material, and metabolic activities of these fungi may result in reclassification. Most primary infections are subclinical and occur in persons with a normal immune system. Many fungi, however, have the ability to remain dormant for long periods, so that if the formerly resistant host becomes immune depressed at a later date, the fungus multiplies and the host becomes symptomatic."
Language eng
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Type Text
Publication Type Book chapter
Rights Management North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS), Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/about/copyright
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