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Springer Coccidioidomycosis A Text 1st Editon 2014 Softbound by David A. Stevens
The idea for compiling a book on coccidioidomycosis first began to take shape in my mind in 1976 at an annual meeting of the Coccidioidomycosis Study Group (see Chapter 23) in Palo Alto. In my discussions with the chairman, Demosthenes Pappagianis, we agreed that considerable data had accumulated in the almost 20 years since the publication of Marshall Fiese's landmark book, Coccidioidomycosis (Charles C Thomas, Spring field, Ill. , 1958). Pappagianis encouraged me to consider writing a new book. Also about this time, my Stanford colleague Tom Merigan was collaborating in assembling a series of texts on infectious diseases, and he added his encouragement to that of Pappagianis. I planned to enlist the collaboration of my colleagues for the multiauthored work I had conceived to encompass the various facets of coccidioidomycosis. The more I worked, the more I appreciated the effort that had gone into the Fiese book. I hope the final product is a useful, readable, and comprehensive text and reference source for this disease and a worthy successor to the Fiese book. This volume places greater emphasis on the basic science background of present clinical experience and attempts to examine critically the data base and how it fits with recommendations made in the clinical literature. In some of the contributed chapters, I made virtually no changes; in others, I battered them to fit my preconceptions. 1 History of Coccidioidomycosis: “Dust to Dust”.- 2 Overview of Mycology, and the Mycology of Coccidioides Immitis.- 3 Mycological Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis.- 4 Epidemiology of Coccidioidomycosis.- 5 Immunology of Coccidioidomycosis.- 6 Serology and Serodiagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis.- 7 Pathology of Coccidioidomycosis.- 8 Classification of Coccidioidomycosis.- 9 Primary Coccidioidomycosis.- 10 Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis.- 11 Coccidioidal Meningitis.- 12 Coccidioidomycosis of Bone and Joints.- 13 Cutaneous Coccidioidomycosis.- 14 Genitourinary Coccidioidomycosis.- 15 Ophthalmic Coccidioidomycosis.- 16 Other Coccidioidal Syndromes.- 17 Coccidioidomycosis in Pregnancy.- 18 Coccidioidomycosis in Pediatrics.- 19 Coccidioidomycosis in Immunocompromised Hosts.- 20 Chemotherapy of Coccidioidomycosis.- 21 Immunotherapy-Transfer Factor in Coccidioidomycosis.- 22 Vaccination-Immunoprophylaxis in Coccidioidomycosis.- 23 Bibliography of Coccidioidomycosis.