Since the first edition of Identification of Pathogenic Fungi, there has been incredible progress in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of fungal diseases: new methods of diagnosis have been introduced, and new antifungal agents have been licensed for use. However, these developments have been offset by the emergence of resistance to several classes of drugs, and an increase in infections caused by fungi with innate resistance to one or more classes. Identification of Pathogenic Fungi, Second Edition, assists in the identification of over 100 of the most significant organisms of medical importance. Each chapter is arranged so that the descriptions for similar organisms may be found on adjacent pages. Differential diagnosis details are given for each organism on the basis of both colonial appearance and microscopic characteristics for the organisms described. In this fully updated second edition, a new chapter on the identification of fungi in histopathological sections and smears has been added, while colour illustrations of cultures and microscopic structures have been included, and high quality, four colour digital images are incorporated throughout.

Table of Contents:
Preface, ix Acknowledgements, xi 1 Introduction, 1 2 Identification of Moulds, 11 Media for Mould Identification, 14 Mounting Fluids, 16 3 Moulds with Arthrospores, 18 Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, 20 Coccidioides species, 24 Onychocola canadensis, 28 4 Moulds with Aleuriospores: I. The Dermatophytes, 31 Microsporum gypseum, 38 Microsporum canis, 40 Microsporum equinum, 42 Epidermophyton floccosum, 44 Trichophyton terrestre, 46 Trichophyton rubrum, 48 Trichophyton interdigitale, 52 Trichophyton mentagrophytes, 54 Trichophyton erinacei, 56 Trichophyton equinum, 58 Trichophyton soudanense, 60 Microsporum persicolor, 62 Trichophyton tonsurans, 64 Microsporum audouinii, 66 Trichophyton violaceum, 68 Trichophyton verrucosum, 70 Trichophyton schoenleinii, 72 Trichophyton concentricum, 74 Other Microsporum and Trichophyton species, 76 5 Moulds with Aleuriospores: II. Others, 80 Geomyces pannorum, 82 Chrysosporium keratinophilum, 84 Myceliophthora thermophila, 86 Histoplasma capsulatum, 88 Blastomyces dermatitidis, 92 Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis, 96 6 Moulds with Holoblastic Conidia, 99 Aureobasidium pullulans, 102 Sporothrix schenckii, 104 Cladophialophora bantiana, 106 Cladosporium sphaerospermum, 108 Fonsecaea pedrosoi, 110 Rhinocladiella atrovirens, 112 Rhinocladiella mackenziei, 114 Ochroconis gallopava, 116 Alternaria alternata, 118 Ulocladium chartarum, 120 Curvularia lunata, 122 Bipolaris hawaiiensis, 124 Exserohilum rostratum, 126 7 Moulds with Enteroblastic Conidia Adhering in Chains, 129 Aspergillus flavus species complex, 134 Aspergillus fumigatus species complex, 136 Aspergillus glaucus, 138 Aspergillus nidulans species complex, 140 Aspergillus versicolor species complex, 142 Aspergillus ustus species complex, 144 Aspergillus niger species complex, 146 Aspergillus terreus species complex, 148 Aspergillus candidus species complex, 150 Penicillium marneffei, 152 Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, 154 Purpureocillium lilacinum, 156 Paecilomyces variotii, 158 8 Moulds with Enteroblastic Conidia Adhering in Wet Masses, 161 Fusarium lichenicola, 166 Fusarium dimerum species complex, 168 Fusarium semitectum, 170 Fusarium proliferatum, 172 Fusarium oxysporum species complex, 174 Fusarium solani species complex, 176 Acremonium strictum, 178 Acremonium kiliense, 180 Lecythophora mutabilis, 182 Scedosporium prolificans, 184 Scedosporium apiospermum, 186 Phaeoacremonium parasiticum, 188 Pleurostomophora richardsiae, 190 Phialophora verrucosa, 192 Hortaea werneckii, 194 Exophiala spinifera, 196 Exophiala dermatitidis, 198 Exophiala jeanselmei, 200 9 Mucoraceous Moulds and Their Relatives, 203 Cunninghamella bertholletiae, 208 Lichtheimia corymbifera, 210 Rhizomucor pusillus, 212 Mucor circinelloides, 214 Rhizopus microsporus, 216 Rhizopus arrhizus, 218 Mucor hiemalis, 220 Basidiobolus ranarum, 222 Conidiobolus coronatus, 224 Pythium insidiosum, 226 Apophysomyces elegans, 228 Saksenaea vasiformis, 230 Mortierella wolfii, 232 10 Miscellaneous Moulds, 235 Aphanoascus fulvescens, 238 Monascus ruber, 240 Chaetomium species, 242 Phoma herbarum, 244 Myxotrichum deflexum, 246 Schizophyllum commune, 248 Leptosphaeria senegalensis, 250 Neotestudina rosatii, 252 Piedraia hortae, 254 Lasiodiplodia theobromae, 256 Pyrenochaeta romeroi, 258 Madurella mycetomatis, 260 11 Identification of Yeasts, 263 Media for Yeast Identification, 272 Candida albicans, 274 Candida tropicalis, 276 Candida krusei, 278 Candida lipolytica, 280 Candida kefyr, 281 Candida lusitaniae, 282 Candida parapsilosis, 284 Candida pelliculosa, 286 Candida guilliermondii, 287 Candida glabrata, 288 Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, 290 Rhodotorula glutinis, 292 Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 294 Geotrichum candidum, 296 Saprochaete capitata, 298 Trichosporon species, 300 Malassezia furfur species complex, 302 Malassezia pachydermatis, 304 12 Identification of Fungi in Sections, Smears and Body Fluids, 305 Appendix 1: Common Mycological Terms, 321 Appendix 2: Further Reading, 325 Species Index, 327 Subject Index, 333