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Fungal Infections

Fungal Infections By JOHN J. PROCKNOW, M.D. Section of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago 37, Illinois Our acquisition of knowledge concerning the mycology, epidemiology, clinical variations, pathology, pathogenesis, immunology, diagnosis, and treatment of the deep or systemic fungal infections has gathered tremendous momentum in the past decade or two. It is a gratifying revelation to this reviewer to note the ever-broadening spectrum of research in medical mycol­ ogy, and the increasing recognition of its importance in evidence from the numerous publications on the subject appearing in medical and other spe­ cialty journals. Because the various systemic mycoses occur frequently, al­ though they were considered rare infections until recent years, and infect millions of humans and animals each year, they deserve calculated consid­ eration in the differential diagnosis of most pulmonary and systemic infec­ tions. In the medical textbooks of the recent past, many misconceptions have prevailed on the subject. This situation is rapidly being remedied by the many commendable reviews on the various fungal diseases, but particu­ larly by the publication of such valuable monographs as Cryptococcosis by Littman & Zimmerman (1), Coccidioidomycosis by Fiese (2), and Histo­ plasmosis edited by Sweany (3). It is the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Medicine Annual Reviews

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Publisher
Annual Reviews
Copyright
Copyright 1962 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
Subject
Review Articles
ISSN
0066-4219
eISSN
1545-326X
DOI
10.1146/annurev.me.13.020162.000245
pmid
14488875
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Abstract

By JOHN J. PROCKNOW, M.D. Section of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago 37, Illinois Our acquisition of knowledge concerning the mycology, epidemiology, clinical variations, pathology, pathogenesis, immunology, diagnosis, and treatment of the deep or systemic fungal infections has gathered tremendous momentum in the past decade or two. It is a gratifying revelation to this reviewer to note the ever-broadening spectrum of research in medical mycol­ ogy, and the increasing recognition of its importance in evidence from the numerous publications on the subject appearing in medical and other spe­ cialty journals. Because the various systemic mycoses occur frequently, al­ though they were considered rare infections until recent years, and infect millions of humans and animals each year, they deserve calculated consid­ eration in the differential diagnosis of most pulmonary and systemic infec­ tions. In the medical textbooks of the recent past, many misconceptions have prevailed on the subject. This situation is rapidly being remedied by the many commendable reviews on the various fungal diseases, but particu­ larly by the publication of such valuable monographs as Cryptococcosis by Littman & Zimmerman (1), Coccidioidomycosis by Fiese (2), and Histo­ plasmosis edited by Sweany (3). It is the

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Published: Feb 1, 1962

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