Animal Models in Medical Mycology

Name: Animal Models in Medical Mycology
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Despite the prevalence of antibiotics, corticosteroids, and anticancer or immunosuppressive drugs and the progress of the medical treatments, there still remain some problems to be solved. One of them is that of compromised hosts, which will be treated in this book. > The prevalence of antibiotics, corticosteroids, and anticancer or immunosuppressive drugs and the progress of the medical treatments after World War II have saved the lives of many patients attacked by serious diseases and have contributed to the prolongation of the average life span of a human being. However, there still remain some problems to be solved. One of them is that of compromised hosts, which will be treated in this book. > 1. Experimental fungal infections 2. Animal Models of Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Mycoses 3. Animal Models of Systemic Mycoses 4. Opportunistic Fungal Infections