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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020172703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Churchill, 1968
• ISBN: 9786613618986; 9781280589157; 1280589159; 9780470719602; 0470719605; 9780470717202; 0470717203
• 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: 616.9/69
• Soggetti: Mycoses; Medical mycology
• 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
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