Fungal Pathogenesis--Principles and Clinical Applications

Abstract

What Makes Fungi Virulent? -- Host Recognition by Human Fungal Pathogens / W. LaJean Chaffin -- Genetic Basis of Pathogenicity in Cryptococcus neoformans / Brian L. Wickes, K. J. Kwon-Chung -- Secretory Proteins in Fungal Virulence / Pranab K. Mukherjee, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum -- Histoplasma capsulatum: Diary of an Intracellular Survivor / Simon L. Newman -- Dimorphism in Human Pathogens / Jon P. Woods -- Signaling and the Biology of Human Fungal Pathogens / Jose Antonio Calera, Richard A. Calderone -- Adaptation of Fungi to Alterations in Ambient pH / Oliver Kurzai, Abdelmalic El Barkani, Fritz A. Muhlschlegel -- Molecular Biology of Switching in Candida / David R. Soll -- Pathogenic Properties of Blastomyces dermatitidis / Bruce S. Klein, Wun-Ling Chang -- Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Virulence and Host Response / Gioconda San-Blas, Gustavo Nino-Vega -- Pneumocystis carinii / Henry Koziel -- Genomics in Fungal Pathogenesis / Janna L. Beckerman, P. T. Magee -- Host Responses to Pathogenic Fungi/Immunoprotection -- Cell-Mediated Immunity and Endemic Mycoses / D. Mitchell Magee, Rebecca A. Cox -- Humoral Immunity and Cryptococcus neoformans / Arturo Casadevall -- Vaccines, Antibodies, and Passive Immunity in Candidiasis / Jim E. Cutler, Bruce L. Granger, Yongmoon Han -- Vaccines for Histoplasmosis / George S. Deepe, Jr. -- Coccidioidomycosis: Pathogenesis, Immune Response, and Vaccine Development / Theo N. Kirkland, Garry T. Cole -- Innate Immunity Against Fungal Pathogens / Luigina Romani.