Human Fungal Pathogen Identification

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 PCRDetection 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.