Table of Contents

Candida and Candidiasis: Biology of Candida and Experimental Candidiasis: General Biological Characteristics of Candida albicans (E. Segal). Ultrastructure (I. Berdicevsky). Cell Wall (E. Segal). Genetics Studies in Candida albicans (Z. Altboum). Virulence Factor (E. Segal). Experimental Infection (E. Segal). Vaccination as an Expresson of Immunity to Candida (E. Segal). Human Disease: Introduction (G.L. Baum). Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Immunology (G.L. Baum). Pathology (G.L. Baum). Oral and Cutaneous Candidiasis (E. Sofer). Vaginal Syndromes (G.L. Baum). Ocular Candidiasis (A. Romano and B. Madjarov). Disseminated Candidiasis (G.L. Baum). Diagnostic Techniques (G.L. Baum, E. Segal, and A. Romano). Treatment of Candidiasis (G.L. Baum). Cryptococcus Infection and Cryptococcosis: Biology of Cryptococcus and Experimental Cryptococcosis: Introduction (E. Segal). General Biological Characteristics of Cryptococcus neoformans (E. Segal). Studies of the Morphology of Cryptococcus neoformans (E.S. Kuttin and J. Mueller). Antigenicity and Immunity (E. Segal). Recent Molecular and Genetic Studies in Cryptococcus neoformans (I. Polacheck). Melanin Production and Encapsulation as Factors of Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans (I. Polacheck). Experimental Cryptococcosis (E.S. Kuttin and J. Mueller). Human Disease: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Immunopathogenesis (G.L. Baum). Pathology (G.L. Baum). Clinical Manifestations of Cryptococcosis (G.L. Baum). Diagnosis of Cryptococcal Infection and Disease (G.L. Baum and E. Segal). Treatment (G.L. Baum). Index.

Reviews

"This book is a valuable addition to the literature on clinically important yeasts."
-Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, Mycopathologia, 131: 191-192, 1995