Edited by William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, and Jack D. Sobel. 519 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2003. $139.50. ISBN 0-19-514809-6.
About 40 years ago, when I started seeing patients in my specialtyof infectious diseases, systemic fungal infections were relativelyuncommon. The literature consisted mostly of case reports anduncontrolled descriptive studies, and little time was givento discussing clinical mycology at national meetings. Timeshave changed. Clinical mycology could almost warrant a subspecialtydesignation because of the number of patients who are infected,the expansion of literature that deals with the basic mechanismof pathogenesis and virulence of fungal infections, and thenumber of controlled clinical studies on the topic. Forty yearsago, the only drug that was available . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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