Medical Mycology - Laboratory Testing Guidelines

Author: Professor Wang Duanli (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publishing Date: 2005-03-15
Features: The book "Medical Mycology - Laboratory Testing Guide" is a high-level professional reference co-authored by Professor Wang Duanli, a renowned domestic expert in dermatology and medical mycology, along with Professor Li Ruoyu, Professor Wang Aiping, and over ten experts and professors from the Beijing University Fungal and Fungal Disease Research Center, as well as professional graduate students. The book is divided into twenty chapters and spans approximately 1 million words. The main content includes: fungal classification and nomenclature, fungal morphology, laboratory methods for medical mycology, histopathology of fungal diseases, serological diagnosis of fungal infections, molecular biology of fungi, methods of fungal strain preservation, the application of electron microscopy in medical mycology, an introduction to antifungal drugs, in vitro susceptibility testing of antifungal drugs, dermatophytoses and dermatophytes, yeast infections and pathogenic yeasts, aspergillosis and aspergillus, zygomycosis and zygomycetes, chromoblastomycosis and chromoblastomycetes, dimorphic fungal infections and dimorphic fungi, other fungal diseases and their causative fungi, rare fungal diseases and their causative agents, fungal-like microbial infections and their causative agents, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. The appendix provides detailed information on various treatment drugs, culture media, and examination equipment. The book systematically selects exquisite medical mycology images accumulated over decades by the Beijing University Fungal and Fungal Disease Research Center, along with over 1,000 images related to light microscopy, electron microscopy, direct microscopy, culture, fungal disease cases, and pathology, thereby providing scientific evidence for professional academic viewpoints. It extensively collects modern knowledge and classification in mycology, modern concepts and regulations, as well as various diagnostic techniques. It systematically describes common fungal diseases and over 200 medical fungi according to their classification characteristics, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, and key identification points, offering a clear and organized presentation. This enables a broad readership of professionals to quickly and conveniently grasp the diagnosis, treatment principles, and identification knowledge of medical fungi. This book is an illustrated guide for the identification of medical fungi, a comprehensive monograph integrating modern knowledge in mycology and advanced medical pathogen diagnosis and detection techniques, with strong scientific rigor, modernity, and clinical guidance significance. It is suitable for physicians in clinical dermatology, laboratory departments, infectious diseases, hematology, respiratory medicine, and related disciplines, as well as laboratory staff and graduate students for reference in their work and studies.