Immunity to fungi -- In vitro models to analyse fungal infection -- Insects as models for studying the virulence of fungal pathogens of humans -- Novel antifungal therapies -- Candida albicans: new insights in infection, disease, and treatment -- Pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans -- Zygomycetes -- Virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus -- Biology of the thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen Penicillium marneffei -- Immune responses to dermatophytoses -- Insights in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis pathogenicity -- Fusarium and Scedosporium: emerging fungal pathogens
Summary
Although the means of diagnosing and treating fungal infections have improved greatly over the last decade fungi still represent a serious threat to the health of immunocompromised and immunodeficient patients. The aim of this book is to give an in-depth assessment of our current understanding of the Biology of the main fungal pathogens and how they interact with the host??'s immune response. Each Chapter focuses on a specific fungal pathogen or group of pathogens and examines their biology and the factors that allow the fungus colonise and disseminate within the host. In addition each Chapter
