Fungal Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Description

In this imporatant update, the guest editors have brought together experts in fungal disease to discuss some of the most important topics in this area: histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, PCP, cryptococcosis, fungal infections in the era of biologics, Candida in the ICU, Aspergillus pulmonary syndromes, fungal disease in BMT and SOT, fungal complications of lung transplantation, Moulds, serology and Ag testing, role of BAL in rapid diagnosis, molecular testing, and overview of antifungal agents.

Author Information

By George A. Sarosi, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA; Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA and Kenneth S. Knox, MD