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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144667703321

Titolo

Systemic mycoses [[electronic resource] ] : a Ciba Foundation symposium in commemoration of William Balfour Baikie / / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Ruth Porter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Churchill, 1968

ISBN

1-280-58915-9

9786613618986

0-470-71960-5

0-470-71720-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.980

Altri autori (Persone)

BaikieWilliam Balfour <1825-1864.>

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

PorterRuth

Disciplina

616.9

616.969

Soggetti

Mycoses

Medical mycology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SYSTEMIC MYCOSES; Contents; Preface; Editors' note on terminology; Speeches of welcome; Introduction: William Balfour Baikie, R.N., F.R.S.E; Discussion; Pathology; Organ distribution and pathogenesis in the deep mycoses; Discussion; Aspects of the contributions of histopathology to the study of deep-seated fungal infections; Discussion; Recent applications of immunological techniques in the diagnosis of the deep mycoses; Discussion; Laboratory aspects of mycetoma; Discussion; General discussion: pathology; Clinical aspects; The clinical features of some of the deep mycoses in West Africa

DiscussionRadiological patterns of the deep mycoses; Discussion; General discussion : clinical aspects; Epidemiology; The ecology and epidemiology of the deep mycoses: transmission mechanisms; Discussion; The epidemiology of the mycosis: some comments in relation to a particular case of sporotrichosis; Discussion; The effect of



temperature on the deep mycoses; Discussion; The epidemiology of phycomycosis; Discussion; General discussion : epidemiology; Therapy; Some biological activities of antifungal antibiotics and their mode of action; Discussion

Clinical application and side effects of antifungal agentsDiscussion; Problems of assessment of antifungal drugs; Discussion; General discussion : therapy; Group discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Author Index; Subject Index