ECAB Fungal Infections in Asia: Eastern Frontier of Mycology

Front Cover
Title page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
ECAB Clinical Update Information: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
	Chapter 1. Introduction
		REFERENCES
SECTION 2: EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Chapter 2. Opportunistic Fungal Infections in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		INCIDENCE/PREVALENCE
		RISK FACTOR/UNDERLYING ILLNESS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 3.Endemic Mycoses in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HISTOPLASMOSIS, PENICILLIOSIS, AND BLASTOMYCOSIS IN ASIA
		EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPOROTRICHOSIS
		REFERENCES
SECTION 3: SPECIAL POPULATION
	Chapter 4. Opportunistic Mycoses in Intensive Care Unit
		INTRODUCTION
		INDIAN EPIDEMIOLOGY
		ASPERGILLUS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
		HEALTHHCARE-ASSOCIATED MUCORMYCOSIS
		DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
		MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 5. Mycoses in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
		INTRODUCTION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 6. Opportunistic Mycoses in Pediatric Patients
		INTRODUCTION
		EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
		PATHOGENESIS
		CLINICAL PRESENTATION
		DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES
		MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
		OUTCOME
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 7. Opportunistic Mycoses in Transplant Patients
		INTRODUCTION
		EPIDEMIOLOGY
		SPECIFIC INFECTIONS (TABLE 3)
		DIAAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES IN INDIA
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 8. Opportunistic Mycoses in Hematological Malignancies
		MAGNITUDE OF PROBLEM
		INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
		INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
		LYMPHOMAS
		DIAGNOSIS OF INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES
		TREATMENT APPROACH
		PREVENTION OF INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASES
		ASIAN DATA40-56
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
SECTION 4: IFI IN ASIA
	Chapter 9. Invasive Candidiasis in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		A COMMON DISEASES OR A EVENT?
		INCREASING OR DECREASING: IS THE TIDE TURNING?
		ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY
		MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY
		DIAGNOSTIC CHALLEGES
		MANAGMENT CHALLENGES
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 10. Invasive Aspergillosis in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		ASPERGILLOSIS AND CLIMATE
		INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS•—EPIDEMIOLOGY
		MYCOLOGY
		SINO-ORBITAL-CEREBRAL ASPERGLLOSIS
		CHRONIC PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS
		INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
		ASPERGILLOSIS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST
		CASE SUMMARY
		CASE SUMMARY
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 11. Cryptococcosis in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
		ASIAN EPIDEMIOLOGY
		IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME (IRIS) AND CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
		ENVIRONMENTAL PREVALENCE
		DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES
		MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 12. Mucormycosis in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		EPIDEMIOLOGY
		MUCORMYCOSIS IN ASIA
		DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
		TREATMENT CHALLENGES
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 13. Rare Fungal Infections in Asia
		INTRODUCTION
		MUCORMYCOSIS
		ENTOMOPHTHOROMYCOSIS
		HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS
		PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS
		MYCOTIC KERATITIS
		YEAST INFECTION
		RHINOSPORIDIOSIS
		PYTHIOSIS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
SECTION 5: FUNGAL ALLERGY
	Chapter 14. Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
		INTRODUCTION
		BURDEN OF THE DISEASE
		PATHOGENESIS
		CLINICAL PRESENTATION
		DIAGNOSIS
		DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
		DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
		STAGING
		NATURAL HISTORY
		COMPLICATIONS
		PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGLLOSIS
		TREATMENT PROTOCOL
		MONITORING OF PATIENTS
		ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS IN  SPECIAL SITUATIONNS
		KEY MESSAGES
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 15. Fungal Rhinosinusitis
		INTRODUCTION
		INVASIVE FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS
		NON-INVASIVE FUNGAL RHINOSITIS
		EOSINOPHIL-RELATED FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS INCLUDING ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS AND EOSINOPHILIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
SECTION 6: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF IFIs
	Chapter 16. Diagnostic Algorithm for Invasive Fungal Infections
		INTRODUCTION
		HOW TO SUSPECT INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTION?
		IMAGING
		CONVENTIONAL DIAGNOSIS
		A SUMMARY OF ALGORITHM BEST PRACTICED
		HOW TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL?
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 17. Principles of Management of Invasive Fungal Infections
		INTRODUCTION
		CLINICAL SUSPICION
		ROLE OF THE HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM
		ROLE OF BIOFILM
		CHOICE OF ANTIFUNGAL AGENT
		PHARMACOKINETICS OF ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 18. Do We Need Separate Protocol for Fungal Infections in Asian Countries?
		BACKGROUND
		INTRODUCTION
		CURRENT GUIDELINES FOR INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASE
		INVASIVE FUNGAL DISEASE IN ASIA
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	Chapter 19. An Appraisal of the Current Guidelines for the Use of Antifungals in the Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections due to Candida, Aspergillus, and Mucor
		INTRODUCTION
		DRUG THERAPY OF CANDIDIASIS
		DRUG THERAPY OF ASPERGILLOSIS
		TREATMENT OF MUCORMYCOSIS
		THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING
		CONCLUSION
		KEY MESSAGES
		REFERENCES