This textbook, which is the second volume of the book series-Microbial Zoonoses, provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of fungal zoonoses and sapronoses of public importance. The book is divided into two volumes; the chapters in the first volume deals with the general introduction, taxonomy and genomic analysis, classification of fungus, pathogenesis and immunology of fungal infections. The subsequent chapters in this section provide an overview of the epidemiology, diagnosis, antifungal agents available for treatment, management, and prevention of fungal zoonoses and sapronoses. It also classifies anti-fungal agents and discusses the mechanism of resistance to these agents. Lastly, it presents the challenges in the treatment of the fungal diseases. The second section discusses important fungal infections and disease causing fungal agents. It also provides information on the pathogenesis, pathology, immunology and clinical manifestations. Cutting across the disciplines, this book act as a guide to the undergraduate and post graduate students of medicine, veterinary and allied sciences who deals with fungal infections.
Professor Subhash Chandra Parija is the Vice-Chancellor of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, A Deemed-to-be University at Pondicherry, and is the former Director of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India. With almost 45 years of teaching and research experience in the field of medical microbiology, Prof. Parija is a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) expert and has been consulted to draft guidelines on preventing foodborne parasites. He was on the MD examination boards at Colombo University, Sri Lanka; Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; and the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He received a D.Sc. from Madras University for his contributions in the field of medical parasitology. . He has one granted patent, one published patent, 23 copyrights, and one technology transfer. Prof Parija authored /edited 19 books, including the most popular “Textbook of Medical Microbiology &Immunology ”, “Effective Medical Communication, The A,B,C,D, E of it”; & “Textbook of Parasitic Zoonoses “ all published by Springer. He has published more than 430 papers in the reputed national and international journals.
Dr. Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy is working as a Professor at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Prof. Shivaprakash has worked diligently in the field of medical Mycology for the last 21 years, being involved in the research activities on fungi and fungal infections, training personnel in this speciality, providing service of identification of the fungi, supplying cultures for teaching, research, diagnostic activities and conducting national level external quality assurance program for mycology. He has written sixteen chapters and has more than 280 publications .He is presently a core member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) on antifungals
