TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Fungal Infections
A1  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A1  - Fauci, Anthony S.
A1  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A1  - Longo, Dan L.
A1  - Jameson, J. Larry
A1  - Loscalzo, Joseph
PY  - 2016
T2  - Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 19e
AB  - Yeasts  (e.g.,  Candida,  Cryptococcus)  appear  microscopically  as  round,  budding  forms;  molds  (e.g.,  Aspergillus,  Rhizopus)  appear  as  filamentous  forms  called  hyphae;  and  dimorphic  fungi  (e.g.,  Histoplasma)  are  spherical  in  tissue  but  appear  as  molds  in  the  environment.  –  Endemic  fungi  (e.g.,  Coccidioides)  are  not  part  of  the  normal  human  microbiota  and  infect  hosts  preferentially  by  inhalation.–  Opportunistic  fungi  (e.g.,  Candida  and  Aspergillus)  invade  the  host  from  normal  sites  of  colonization  (e.g.,  mucous  membranes  or  the  GI  tract).Definitive  diagnosis  of  any  fungal  infection  requires  histopathologic  identification  of  the  fungus  invading  tissue  and  accompanying  evidence  of  an  inflammatory  response.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128785332
ER  -