RT Book, Section A1 Ryan, Kenneth J. SR Print(0) ID 1185634431 T1 Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Fungal Infections T2 Sherris & Ryan's Medical Microbiology, 8th Edition YR 2022 FD 2022 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260464283 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1185634431 RD 2024/04/23 AB We all have regular contact with fungi. They are so widely distributed in our environment that thousands of fungal spores are inhaled or ingested every day. Some species are so well adapted to humans that they are common members of the microbiota. Despite this ubiquity, clinically apparent systemic fungal infections are uncommon. However, systemic fungal infections pose some of the most difficult diagnostic and therapeutic problems in infectious disease, particularly among immunocompromised patients. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the pathogenesis and immunology of fungal infections. Details relating to specific fungi are provided in Chapters 45 to 47.