1 Overview of host defenses : innate and acquired immunity 1
2 Impact of invasive fungal infection on patients undergoing solid organ transplantation 45
3 Fungal infections in blood and marrow transplant recipients 75
4 Assessment of the risk for invasive fungal infection among oncology patients 97
5 Epidemiology of fungal infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus 129
6 Candida infections in the intensive care unit 149
7 Fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts : host defenses, risks, and epidemiology in special patient groups - pediatrics 185
8 Clinical manifestations of invasive fungal infections 199
9 Clinical syndromes by Candida species 215
10 Aspergillosis 257
11 Endemic mycoses fungal infections in immunocompromised patients 295
12 Emerging fungal infections 311
13 Conventional methods for the laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections in the immunocompromised host 341
14 Serological and molecular approaches to the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients 383
15 Radiology of fungal infections in the immunocompromised patient 407
16 Polyenes 429
17 The systemically acting azoles 457
18 Echinocandin antifungal drugs 485
19 Antifungal agents : other classes and compounds 509
20 Clinically relevant drug interactions with systemic antifungal therapy 529
21 Adjunctive immunotherapy against opportunistic fungal infections 567
22 Antifungal prophylaxis 601
23 Empirical therapy of suspected infections 621
24 Treatment of invasive fungal infections 637