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1 online resource. |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Dermatology - laboratory and clinical research
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Contents |
""CANDIDIASIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS""; ""CANDIDIASIS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IC. DIFFERENCES IN THE DISTRIBUTION ANDPATHOGENICITY BETWEEN THE SPECIES IN NEONATES, CHILDRENAND ADULTS: CANDIDA ALBICANS, CANDIDA GLABRATA, CANDIDAKRUSEI, CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS, AND CANDIDA TROPICALIS""; ""3. RISK FACTORS FOR INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS"" |
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""4. MECHANISMS OF CANDIDA DISSEMINATION""""5. CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS OF INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS""; ""6. DIAGNOSTIC METHODS: FROM THE IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDA TO THE NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION""; ""7. CARE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS. CONCERNS ON ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE AND NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS COMPLEX""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""I. HISTORY""; ""II. ECOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""III. VIRULENCE FACTORS""; ""IV. MYCOLOGY""; ""V. ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY""; ""VI. CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND TREATMENT""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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""Chapter 3: ORAL CANDIDIASIS: CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS""""ABSTRACT""; ""ORAL CANDIDAL INFECTION: PREVALENCE, SYMPTOMS, AND ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS""; ""CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR ORAL CANDIDIASIS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: CANDIDA SPP. IN ORAL CAVITY OF CHILDREN WITH IMMUNODEFICIENCIES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. FACTORS INFLUENCING HOST-FUNGUS INTERACTIONS""; ""2. CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF ORAL CANDIDIASIS""; ""3. ORAL CANDIDIASIS DIAGNOSIS""; ""4. YEAST INFECTIONS IN IMMUNODEFICIENCIES""; ""CANDIDA SPECIES AND INS"" |
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""CANDIDA SPECIES AND DIABETES""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: OXIDATIVE STRESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANDIDIASIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CANDIDA SPP. AND OXIDATIVE STRESS""; ""THE OXIDATIVE STRESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-CANDIDA DRUGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: INHALATION AND TOPICAL STEROID THERAPY AND ORAL CANDIDIASIS: A BRIEF OVERVIEW""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE EFFECT OF CORTICOSTEROIDS IN THE INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNE RESPONSE""; ""STEROID INHALATION THERAPY""; ""TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY"" |
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""STEROID INDUCED ORAL CANDIDIASIS WITH INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS""""STEROID INDUCED ORAL CANDIDIASIS WITH TOPICAL STEROIDS""; ""MANAGEMENT OF STEROID INDUCED ORAL CANDIDIASIS""; ""ANIMAL MODELS: EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED ORAL CANDIDIASIS WITH STEROID TREATMENT""; ""MECHANISMS OF PATHOGENESIS OF STEROID INDUCED ORAL CANDIDIASIS""; ""PREVENTIVE MEASURES""; ""CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: FLUORESCENT STAINING FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ORAL ERYTHEMATOUS CANDIDIASIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ORAL CANDIDIASIS"" |
| Summary |
Candidiasis or thrush is a fungal infection (mycosis) of any of the Candida species. Also commonly referred to as a yeast infection, candidiasis encompasses infections that range from superficial, such as oral thrush and vaginitis, to systemic and potentially life-threatening diseases. In this book, the authors discuss the epidemiology, symptoms and treatment options of candidiasis. Topics include invasive candidiasis and candida parapsilosis complex diagnoses and treatment; conventional and alternative treatment options for oral candidiasis; candida spp. in the oral cavity of children with im. |
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Candidiasis.
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Candidiasis |
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Candidose.
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MEDICAL -- Parasitology.
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Candidiasis
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| Added Author |
Contreras, Felipe, 1964- editor.
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Fuentes, Pedro, 1964- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Candidiasis [Hauppauge] New York : Nova Biomedical, [2013] 9781626188709 (hardcover) (DLC) 2013938111 |
| ISBN |
9781626188716 ebook |
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1626188718 |
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9781626188709 hardcover |
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162618870X |
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AU@ 000056876080 |
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DEBBG BV041572577 |
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