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Your definitive guide to fungal diseases, from science to treatment.

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    400 pages

  • Release Date

    8 February 2018

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Summary

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease. Written by a leading group of international authors to bring a global expertise, it is divided into sections that deal with the principles of mycology, the organisms, a systems-based approach to management, fungal disease in specific patient groups, diagnosis, and treatment.

The detailed clinical chapters take account of recent international…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198755388
ISBN-10:0198755384
Author:Christopher C. Kibbler, Richard Barton, Neil A.R. Gow, Susan Howell, Donna M. MacCallum, Rohini J. Manuel
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:8 February 2018
Weight:1.21kg
Dimensions:21mm x 229mm x 284mm
Series:Oxford Textbooks in Infectious Disease and Microbiology
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About The Author

Christopher C. Kibbler

Christopher C. Kibbler

Professor of Medical Microbiology at University College London. His academic interests are in medical mycology. He has published more than 200 papers, articles, chapters, and books, and contributed to international guidelines on the management of fungal disease. He is Past President of the British Society of Medical Mycology (BSMM), Past Chair of the UK Clinical Mycology Network, and Programme Director of the UCL/BSMM Masters Programme in Medical Mycology.

Richard Barton

Principal Clinical Scientist responsible for running and developing the Mycology Reference Centre in Leeds, an NHS mycology diagnostics service provided to health service providers across the UK and beyond. He has published in diagnostic mycology, served on the BSMM executive, and taught at the University of Leeds and for the UCL/BSMM Masters Programme in Medical Mycology.

Neil A. R. Gow

Professor of Molecular Mycology at the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is Past President of the British Mycological Society, the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), and is current President of the Microbiology Society. He has published extensively on medical and general mycology.

Susan Howell

Head of St John’s Dermatology Mycology at Viapath. Her mycological focus is on superficial and subcutaneous fungal infections, and she leads a mycology service serving patients from St John’s Dermatology clinics, local communities, and beyond. Her academic focus is on teaching and training to promote mycology and awareness of fungal infections. She has published a number of papers and book chapters, and is a past Executive Committee member and Secretary to the British Society for Medical Mycology.

Donna M. MacCallum

Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Teaching Lead in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Her academic research in the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen focuses on infection models to investigate fungal pathogenicity and antifungal therapies. She has published over 70 research papers, reviews, and book chapters. She is the current Treasurer of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycoses (ISHAM), past Treasurer of the British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM), and has served on the eukaryotic Committee of the Microbiology Society.

Rohini J. Manuel

Consultant Microbiologist and Mycology Lead at the Public Health Laboratory London, National Infection Service, Public Health England. She is also a consulting advisor for the Royal College of Pathologists and a member of the RCPath England Regional Council. Her main interests are in invasive fungal diseases affecting the immunocompromised. She is a member of the UK Clinical Mycology Network Steering Group and of the English Surveillance Programme on Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance Antifungal Subgroup. She is training lead at the Public Health Laboratory London, Senior Examiner in Medical Microbiology at the Royal College of Pathologists, and sits on the Board of Examiners for the British Society for Medical Mycology / UCL MSc in Medical Mycology. Rohini is one of the organisers for the national Fungal Update meeting at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. She is a key member of the UK Incident Management Team for the newly emerging global pathogen, Candida auris.

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