Theraphy of Fungus Diseases : an International Symposium

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1955Description: xv; 334 pSubject(s):
Contents:
Foreword -- Introductory remarks -- Outstanding problems in the study of antibacterial and antifungal antibiotics, with especial reference to the antibiotics of actinomycetes -- Soils as the natural reservoir for human pathogenic fungi -- Ecology and spread of pathogenic fungi -- Possible approaches to the therapy of fungus diseases -- An evaluation of the laboratory methods for testing fungicides -- Studies on mycotic diseases in India -- The status of fungus diseases in Argentina -- Deep skin and pulmonary micosis in Brazil -- The status of funfus diseases in Mexico -- The status of fungus diseases in the Philippines -- The status of fungus diseases in the Ukraine V.T.Panasenko -- Some reflections on the biology of fingwork infections -- The influence of hormonal conditions on experimental fungus infection -- Active in¿mmunization against trichophyton gypseum infection in guinea pigs -- A further report on tinea capitis in the Philippines -- Tinea pedis in unites states army troops stationed in Puerto rico and the comparative effectiveness of an antihistamine (diphenylpyraline) and undecylenic acid in its treatment -- Fungi of the human bile -- Studies on candida -- Experimental genetic and nutritional controls of pathogenicity of venturia invaequalis -- Therapeutic action of sulfur for powdery mildews and rusts -- The aromatic diamidines, cinnamic acids, and nitrostyrenes in the treatment of fungus diseases -- Filipin, an antibiotic inhibiting fungi -- The sensitivity of pathogenic actinomycetes to varius sulfonamide and sulfone compounds -- The effect pf chlorquinaldol alone and in combination with neomycin on the interestinal microbial flora of man -- Preliminary results with a new antibiotic, 1968 (nepra), in mice with experimental histoplasmosis, sporotrichosis, and candidiasis -- Nystatin and actidione:two antifungal agentes produced by streptomices noursei -- Studies of the chemical properties and structure of nystatin (mycostatin) -- Some in vitro characteristics of nystatin (mycostatin) -- Bioassay of nystatin (mycostatin) in body fluids -- The effect of nystatin (mycostatin) on experimental candidiasis in mive and embryonated eggs -- Moniliasis in ecperimental animals: prophylaxis and the therapy with nystatin (mycostatin) -- Cutaneous moniliasis in pediatrics: diagnosis and treatment eith nystatin -- Therapeutic activity of nystatin (mycostatin) in candida infections -- First results in Italy eith a new antimucotic, nystatin -- The use of nystatin as a topical antifucgal agent -- Two cases of abdominal wall moniliasis, treated with nystatin -- The action of nystatin on the growth of sportrichum schenckii and on its behavior in vivo -- Evaluation of the action of nystatin (mycostatin) on histoplasma capsulatum in vitro and in hamsters and mice -- Mycostatin and aminostilbamidine treatment of experimental coccidioidomycosis -- Therapeutic activity of mycostatin in muce infected with histoplasma capsulatum, coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, candida albicans, or sporotrichum schenckii -- Evaluation of nystatin in the treatment of coccidioidomycosis in man -- The sensitivity of histoplasma capsulatum to rhodanine and related compounds -- Structural elementes of histoplasma capsulatum and their role in immunization against experimental disease -- Histoplasmosis: pathogenesis and immunology in relation to therapy -- Problems in treatment of chronic histoplasmosis as experienced in over twenty cases -- Trials with 2_hidroxystilbamidine, aminostilbamidine, mrd_112, and other agentes in pulmonary histoplasmosis: experiments with more than twwnty cases -- Sulfonamides and experimental histoplasmosis -- The isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from pigeon droppings -- Some ecologic studies of coccidioides inmmutus in soil -- Coccidioides immitis in the soil of the southern san Joaquin valley -- In vitro inhibition of coccidioides immitis by antihistaminics -- Effectiveness of dds in the treatment of chromoblstomycosis and of mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis -- Successful treatment of mycetoma caused by monosporium apiospermun -- Index of contributors -- Index of subjects
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Presented June 23, 24, 25 1955 by the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Medical Extension, University Extension, University of California at Los Angeles

Foreword -- Introductory remarks -- Outstanding problems in the study of antibacterial and antifungal antibiotics, with especial reference to the antibiotics of actinomycetes -- Soils as the natural reservoir for human pathogenic fungi -- Ecology and spread of pathogenic fungi -- Possible approaches to the therapy of fungus diseases -- An evaluation of the laboratory methods for testing fungicides -- Studies on mycotic diseases in India -- The status of fungus diseases in Argentina -- Deep skin and pulmonary micosis in Brazil -- The status of funfus diseases in Mexico -- The status of fungus diseases in the Philippines -- The status of fungus diseases in the Ukraine V.T.Panasenko -- Some reflections on the biology of fingwork infections -- The influence of hormonal conditions on experimental fungus infection -- Active in¿mmunization against trichophyton gypseum infection in guinea pigs -- A further report on tinea capitis in the Philippines -- Tinea pedis in unites states army troops stationed in Puerto rico and the comparative effectiveness of an antihistamine (diphenylpyraline) and undecylenic acid in its treatment -- Fungi of the human bile -- Studies on candida -- Experimental genetic and nutritional controls of pathogenicity of venturia invaequalis -- Therapeutic action of sulfur for powdery mildews and rusts -- The aromatic diamidines, cinnamic acids, and nitrostyrenes in the treatment of fungus diseases -- Filipin, an antibiotic inhibiting fungi -- The sensitivity of pathogenic actinomycetes to varius sulfonamide and sulfone compounds -- The effect pf chlorquinaldol alone and in combination with neomycin on the interestinal microbial flora of man -- Preliminary results with a new antibiotic, 1968 (nepra), in mice with experimental histoplasmosis, sporotrichosis, and candidiasis -- Nystatin and actidione:two antifungal agentes produced by streptomices noursei -- Studies of the chemical properties and structure of nystatin (mycostatin) -- Some in vitro characteristics of nystatin (mycostatin) -- Bioassay of nystatin (mycostatin) in body fluids -- The effect of nystatin (mycostatin) on experimental candidiasis in mive and embryonated eggs -- Moniliasis in ecperimental animals: prophylaxis and the therapy with nystatin (mycostatin) -- Cutaneous moniliasis in pediatrics: diagnosis and treatment eith nystatin -- Therapeutic activity of nystatin (mycostatin) in candida infections -- First results in Italy eith a new antimucotic, nystatin -- The use of nystatin as a topical antifucgal agent -- Two cases of abdominal wall moniliasis, treated with nystatin -- The action of nystatin on the growth of sportrichum schenckii and on its behavior in vivo -- Evaluation of the action of nystatin (mycostatin) on histoplasma capsulatum in vitro and in hamsters and mice -- Mycostatin and aminostilbamidine treatment of experimental coccidioidomycosis -- Therapeutic activity of mycostatin in muce infected with histoplasma capsulatum, coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, candida albicans, or sporotrichum schenckii -- Evaluation of nystatin in the treatment of coccidioidomycosis in man -- The sensitivity of histoplasma capsulatum to rhodanine and related compounds -- Structural elementes of histoplasma capsulatum and their role in immunization against experimental disease -- Histoplasmosis: pathogenesis and immunology in relation to therapy -- Problems in treatment of chronic histoplasmosis as experienced in over twenty cases -- Trials with 2_hidroxystilbamidine, aminostilbamidine, mrd_112, and other agentes in pulmonary histoplasmosis: experiments with more than twwnty cases -- Sulfonamides and experimental histoplasmosis -- The isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from pigeon droppings -- Some ecologic studies of coccidioides inmmutus in soil -- Coccidioides immitis in the soil of the southern san Joaquin valley -- In vitro inhibition of coccidioides immitis by antihistaminics -- Effectiveness of dds in the treatment of chromoblstomycosis and of mycetoma caused by nocardia brasiliensis -- Successful treatment of mycetoma caused by monosporium apiospermun -- Index of contributors -- Index of subjects