Publisher's Synopsis
The new second edition provides comprehensive coverage of fungal diseases of the lung and their causative agents, diagnosis and treatment. The book begins with a general introduction, followed by a discussion of laboratory diagnoses of fungal infections. Subsequent chapters provide in-depth coverage of specific fungal diseases, as well as allergies and other hypersensitivities.;Additional material includes information on improved diagnostic techniques and new and investigational drugs. There is also an entirely new section dealing with the interrelationship between fungal infections and HIV-infected patients. The HIV pandemic, combined with the longer life expectancy of immunocompromised patients, makes this edition suitable reading for clinicians and researchers dealing with fungal disease of the lung.
