Human Fungal Pathogen Identification Methods and Protocols - Lion, Thomas; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana, 2017)
Current Challenges in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections -- The Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Infections -- Current Algorithms in Fungal Diagnosis in the Immunocompromised Host -- Commercial Molecular Tests for Fungal Diagnosis from a Practical Point of View -- Systemic Antifungal Agents: Current Status and Projected Future Developments -- Fungal-Grade Reagents and Materials for Molecular Analysis -- Host-Derived Biomarkers for Risk Assessment of Invasive Fungal Diseases -- Assessment of Immune Responses to Fungal Infections: Identification and Characterization of Immune Cells in the Infected Tissue -- Histopathology -- Culture-Based Techniques -- Serological Approaches -- Isolation of Nucleic Acids for Fungal Diagnosis -- Prerequisites for Control of Contamination in Fungal Diagnosis -- Broad-Spectrum Molecular Detection of Fungal Nucleic Acids by PCR-Based Amplification Techniques -- Genus- and Species-Specific PCR Detection Methods -- Identification of Fungal Pathogens in Tissue Samples from Patients with Proven Invasive Infection by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization -- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Based Identification of Yeast -- T2 Magnetic Resonance for Fungal Diagnosis -- Fungal Species Identification by MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry -- Immunological Identification of Fungal Species -- The Molecular Blueprint of a Fungus by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) -- Microarray Technologies in Fungal Diagnostics -- Molecular Detection of Resistance to Echinocandins -- Molecular Detection of Resistance to Azole Components -- Immune Cell-Supplemented Human Skin Model for Studying Fungal Infections.
Keywords: Molecular biology; Molecular Medicine