Application of Polarizing Microscopy to Medical Mycology

Atlas of Medical Mycology

cance of this. Another feature of considerable clinical importance concerns the possible unfavorable effect which traumatic stress and certain inoculations may exert on the early stages of acute disease. All of these and other subjects received wide discussion. Readers of this volume will do well to read carefully the introductory address entitled, "Medical Research and Natural Philosophy" by t...

Fundamental Medical Mycology

In Fundamental Medical Mycology, Errol Reiss, Jean Shadomy, and Marshall Lyon have produced a valuable new text. Drs Reiss and Shadomy are medical mycologists who have extensive research and educational experience with the increasing spectrum of pathogenic fungi, including diagnosis of infections they cause and host defenses. Dr Lyon is an infectious diseases physician with clinical expertise i...

Diagnostic Medical Mycology

In this fine little book, Dr. Haley tells hospital technicians how to get pathogenic fungi out of specimens and how to identify them. She begins with a good general classification of fungi and gives general directions for collecting and treating materials from patients. Then she discusses each fungus and gives the key points for its recognition. Technicians should welcome this handy manual beca...

Usefulness of optical brightners in medical mycology.

Besides the remarkable progress which has been made in the laboratory diagnosis of mycoses, there is still a need for an affordable diagnostic procedure which would allow the rapid diagnosis of deep seated mycoses which may be life threatening in compromised patients and are often difficult to treat. A step forward to alleviate this situation was the introduction of the optical brighteners into...

Handbook of Tropical Dermatology and Medical Mycology