Human Fungal Pathogen Identification Methods and Protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lion, Thomas. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Methods in Molecular Biology, 1508
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6515-1
Table of Contents:
  • 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.