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Aimed at all mycologists working in a diagnostic setting, this book helps laboratory workers identify fungal pathogens under the microscope by their morphology and other readily identifiable features. While the book is not intended to be a text in mycology, it nonetheless enjoys a considerable popularity as a supplementary text because of its utility.

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• Preface to the Fourth Edition(p. xiii)
• Preface to the First Edition(p. xv)
• Acknowledgments(p. xvii)
• How To Use the Guide(p. 1)
• Use of Reference Laboratories(p. 3)
• Safety Precautions(p. 7)
• Part I Direct Microscopic Examination of Clinical Specimens
• Introduction(p. 11)
• Histological Terminology(p. 13)
• Tissue Reactions to Fungal Infection(p. 17)
• Stains(p. 21)
• Table 1 Stains for direct microscopic examination of fungi and filamentous bacteria in tissue(p. 22)
• Guide to Interpretation of Direct Microscopic Examination(p. 23)
• Detailed Descriptions(p. 29)
• Actinomycosis(p. 31)
• Mycetoma (Actinomycotic or Eumycotic)(p. 32)
• Nocardiosis(p. 34)
• Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis)(p. 35)
• Aspergillosis(p. 36)
• Miscellaneous Hyalohyphomycoses(p. 38)
• Dermatophytosis(p. 40)
• Tinea versicolor(p. 41)
• Tinea nigra(p. 42)
• Phaeohyphomycosis(p. 43)
• Chromoblastomycosis(p. 44)
• Sporotrichosis(p. 45)
• Histoplasmosis capsulati(p. 46)
• Penicilliosis marneffei(p. 48)
• Blastomycosis(p. 50)
• Paracoccidioidomycosis(p. 51)
• Candidiasis (Candidosis)(p. 52)
• Cryptococcosis(p. 54)
• Pneumocystosis(p. 56)
• Protothecosis(p. 57)
• Coccidioidomycosis(p. 58)
• Rhinosporidiosis(p. 59)
• Adiaspiromycosis(p. 61)
• Special References(p. 63)
• Part II Identification of Fungi in Culture
• Guide to Identification of Fungi in Culture(p. 67)
• Detailed Descriptions(p. 97)
• Filamentous Bacteria(p. 99)
• Introduction(p. 101)
• Table 2 Differentiation of aerobic actinomycetes(p. 103)
• Nocardia spp.(p. 104)
• Streptomyces spp.(p. 106)
• Actinomadura spp.(p. 107)
• Nocardiopsis dassonvillei(p. 108)
• Yeasts and Yeastlike Organisms(p. 109)
• Introduction(p. 111)
• Candida albicans(p. 113)
• Table 3 Characteristics of the genera of clinically encountered yeasts and yeastlike organisms(p. 114)
• Candida dubliniensis(p. 115)
• Table 4 Characteristics of Candida spp. most commonly encountered in the clinical laboratory(p. 116)
• Table 5 Characteristics that assist in differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans(p. 118)
• Candida tropicalis(p. 119)
• Candida parapsilosis(p. 120)
• Candida lusitaniae(p. 121)
• Candida krusei(p. 122)
• Table 6 Differentiating characteristics of Blastoschizomyces capitatus vs Candida krusei(p. 123)
• Table 7 Differentiating characteristics of Candida krusei vs Candida inconspicua(p. 123)
• Candida kefyr(p. 124)
• Candida guilliermondii(p. 125)
• Candida lipolytica(p. 126)
• Candida zeylanoides(p. 127)
• Candida glabrata(p. 128)
• Cryptococcus neoformans(p. 129)
• Table 8 Characteristics of Cryptococcus spp.(p. 130)
• Table 9 Characteristics of yeasts and yeastlike organisms other than Candida spp. and Cryptococcus spp.(p. 131)
• Rhodotorula spp.(p. 132)
• Sporobolomyces salmonicolor(p. 133)
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae(p. 134)
• Pichia anomala(p. 135)
• Malassezia furfur(p. 136)
• Malassezia pachydermatis(p. 137)
• Ustilago sp.(p. 138)
• Prototheca spp.(p. 139)
• Trichosporon spp.(p. 140)
• Table 10 Key characteristics of clinically encountered Trichosporon spp.(p. 141)
• Blastoschizomyces capitatus(p. 142)
• Geotrichum candidum(p. 143)
• Thermally Dimorphic Fungi(p. 145)
• Introduction(p. 147)
• Sporothrix schenckii(p. 148)
• Histoplasma capsulatum(p. 150)
• Blastomyces dermatitidis(p. 152)
• Paracoccidioides brasiliensis(p. 154)
• Penicillium marneffei(p. 156)
• Thermally Monomorphic Moulds(p. 159)
• Zygomycetes(p. 161)
• Introduction(p. 163)
• Table 11 Differential characteristics of similar organisms in the class Zygomycetes(p. 165)
• Table 12 Differential characteristics of the clinically encountered Rhizopus spp.(p. 165)
• Rhizopus spp.(p. 166)
• Mucor spp.(p. 167)
• Rhizomucor spp.(p. 168)
• Absidia corymbifera(p. 169)
• Apophysomyces elegans(p. 170)
• Saksenaea vasiformis(p. 172)
• Cokeromyces recurvatus(p. 173)
• Cunninghamella bertholletiae(p. 174)
• Syncephalastrum racemosum(p. 175)
• Basidiobolus sp.(p. 176)
• Conidiobolus coronatus(p. 177)
• Dematiaceous Fungi(p. 179)
• Introduction(p. 181)
• Fonsecaea pedrosoi(p. 183)
• Fonsecaea compacta(p. 185)
• Table 13 Characteristics of Phialophora, Phaeoacremonium, Acremonium, Phialemonium, and Lecythophora(p. 186)
• Phialophora verrucosa(p. 187)
• Phialophora richardsiae(p. 188)
• Phaeoacremonium parasiticum(p. 189)
• Phialemonium spp.(p. 190)
• Cladosporium spp.(p. 192)
• Table 14 Characteristics of Cladosporium and Cladophialophora spp.(p. 193)
• Cladophialophora carrionii(p. 194)
• Cladophialophora bantiana(p. 195)
• Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporium apiospermum(p. 196)
• Scedosporium prolificans(p. 198)
• Dactylaria constricta(p. 199)
• Table 15 Differentiation of the varieties of Dactylaria constricta(p. 200)
• Table 16 Characteristics of some of the "black yeasts"(p. 200)
• Exophiala jeanselmei(p. 201)
• Wangiella dermatitidis (Exophiala dermatitidis)(p. 202)
• Phaeoannellomyces werneckii (Hortaea werneckii, Exophiala werneckii)(p. 203)
• Madurella mycetomatis(p. 204)
• Madurella grisea(p. 205)
• Piedraia hortae(p. 206)
• Aureobasidium pullulans(p. 207)
• Table 17 Differential characteristics of Aureobasidium pullulans vs Hormonema dematioides(p. 209)
• Hormonema dematioides(p. 210)
• Scytalidium spp.(p. 211)
• Botrytis sp.(p. 213)
• Stachybotrys chartarum (S. alternans, S. atra)(p. 214)
• Graphium sp.(p. 215)
• Curvularia spp.(p. 216)
• Bipolaris spp.(p. 217)
• Table 18 Characteristics of Bipolaris, Drechslera, and Exserohilum spp.(p. 218)
• Exserohilum spp.(p. 219)
• Helminthosporium sp.(p. 220)
• Alternaria sp.(p. 221)
• Ulocladium sp.(p. 222)
• Stemphylium sp.(p. 223)
• Pithomyces sp.(p. 224)
• Epicoccum sp.(p. 225)
• Nigrospora sp.(p. 226)
• Chaetomium sp.(p. 227)
• Phoma spp.(p. 228)
• Dermatophytes(p. 229)
• Introduction(p. 231)
• Microsporum audouinii(p. 232)
• Microsporum canis var. canis(p. 233)
• Microsporum canis var. distortum(p. 234)
• Microsporum cookei(p. 235)
• Microsporum gypseum complex(p. 236)
• Microsporum gallinae(p. 237)
• Microsporum nanum(p. 238)
• Microsporum vanbreuseghemii(p. 239)
• Microsporum ferrugineum(p. 240)
• Trichophyton mentagrophytes(p. 241)
• Table 19 Differentiation of similar conidia-producing Trichophyton spp.(p. 242)
• Trichophyton rubrum(p. 243)
• Trichophyton tonsurans(p. 244)
• Trichophyton terrestre(p. 245)
• Trichophyton megninii(p. 246)
• Trichophyton soudanense(p. 247)
• Table 20 Growth patterns of Trichophyton species on nutritional test media(p. 248)
• Trichophyton schoenleinii(p. 249)
• Trichophyton verrucosum(p. 250)
• Trichophyton violaceum(p. 251)
• Trichophyton ajelloi(p. 252)
• Epidermophyton floccosum(p. 253)
• Hyaline Hyphomycetes(p. 255)
• Introduction(p. 257)
• Coccidioides immitis(p. 258)
• Table 21 Differential characteristics of fungi in which arthroconidia predominate(p. 260)
• Malbranchea spp.(p. 261)
• Geomyces pannorum(p. 262)
• Arthrographis kalrae(p. 263)
• Emmonsia spp.(p. 264)
• Table 22 Identification of the most common species of Aspergillus(p. 266)
• Aspergillus spp.(p. 268)
• Penicillium spp.(p. 269)
• Paecilomyces spp.(p. 270)
• Scopulariopsis spp.(p. 272)
• Table 23 Differential characteristics of Paecilomyces variottii vs P. Iilacinus(p. 274)
• Table 24 Differential characteristics of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis vs S. brumptii(p. 274)
• Gliocladium sp.(p. 275)
• Trichoderma sp.(p. 276)
• Beauveria bassiana(p. 277)
• Verticillium sp.(p. 278)
• Acremonium spp.(p. 279)
• Fusarium spp.(p. 280)
• Lecythophora spp.(p. 282)
• Trichothecium roseum(p. 283)
• Chrysosporium spp.(p. 284)
• Table 25 Differential characteristics of Chrysosporium vs Sporotrichum(p. 286)
• Sporotrichum sp.(p. 287)
• Sepedonium sp.(p. 288)
• Monilia sitophila(p. 289)
• Part III Laboratory Technique
• Laboratory Procedures(p. 293)
• Collection and Preparation of Specimens(p. 295)
• Methods for Direct Microscopic Examination of Specimens(p. 298)
• Primary Isolation(p. 300)
• Table 26 Media for primary isolation of fungi(p. 301)
• Macroscopic Examination of Cultures(p. 303)
• Microscopic Examination of Growth(p. 303)
• Procedure for Identification of Yeasts(p. 305)
• Isolation of Yeast When Mixed with Bacteria(p. 307)
• Germ Tube Test for the Presumptive Identification of Candida albicans(p. 307)
• Rapid Enzyme Tests for the Presumptive Identification of Candida albicans(p. 308)
• Caffeic Acid Disk Test(p. 308)
• Olive Oil Disks for Culturing Malassezia furfur(p. 309)
• Conversion of Thermally Dimorphic Fungi in Culture(p. 309)
• Method of Inducing Sporulation of Apophysomyces elegans and Saksenaea vasiformis(p. 310)
• In Vitro Hair Perforation Test(p. 310)
• Germ Tube Test for Differentiation of Some Dematiaceous Fungi(p. 311)
• Maintenance of Stock Fungal Cultures(p. 311)
• Controlling Mites(p. 312)
• Staining Methods(p. 313)
• Acid-Fast Modified Kinyoun Stain for Nocardia spp.(p. 315)
• Acid-Fast Stain for Ascospores(p. 316)
• Ascospore Stain(p. 316)
• Calcofluor White Stain(p. 316)
• Giemsa Stain(p. 317)
• Gomori Methenamine Silver (GMS) Stain(p. 318)
• Gram Stain (Hucker Modification)(p. 320)
• Lactophenol Cotton Blue(p. 321)
• Lactophenol Cotton Blue with PVA (Huber's Mounting Medium, Modified)(p. 322)
• Rehydration of Paraffin-Embedded Tissue(p. 323)
• Media(p. 325)
• Ascospore Media(p. 327)
• Assimilation Media (for Yeasts)(p. 328)
• Birdseed Agar (Niger Seed Agar; Staib Agar)(p. 332)
• Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar(p. 333)
• Candida ID Agar(p. 333)
• Casein Agar(p. 334)
• CHROMagar Candida Medium(p. 334)
• Cornmeal Agar(p. 335)
• Dermatophyte Test Medium (DTM)(p. 336)
• Fermentation Broth for Yeasts(p. 336)
• Gelatin Medium(p. 337)
• Inhibitory Mold Agar (IMA)(p. 339)
• Loeffler Medium(p. 339)
• Lysozyme Medium(p. 340)
• Mycosel Agar(p. 340)
• Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and Potato Flake Agar (PFA)(p. 341)
• Rapid Assimilation of Trehalose (RAT) Broth(p. 341)
• Rapid Sporulation Medium (RSM)(p. 343)
• SABHI Agar(p. 343)
• Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA)(p. 344)
• Sabouraud Dextrose Agar with 15% NaCl(p. 345)
• Sabouraud Dextrose Broth(p. 345)
• Starch Hydrolysis Agar(p. 345)
• Trichophyton Agars(p. 346)
• Tyrosine or Xanthine Agar(p. 347)
• Urea Agar(p. 348)
• Water Agar(p. 348)
• Yeast Extract-Phosphate Agar with Ammonia(p. 348)
• Color Plates(p. 351)
• Glossary(p. 379)
• Bibliography(p. 389)
• Index(p. 397)