Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Yeast Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

  • Chapter
Human and Animal Relationships

Part of the book series: The Mycota ((MYCOTA,volume 6))

Abstract

A number of yeast fungi are pathogenic, but the two genera that contain the most important animal pathogens are Candida and Cryptococcus. In addition, there are a number of other yeasts that have been, more rarely, implicated in disease.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 74.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Beck-Sague CM, Jarvis WR (1993) National nosocomial infection surveillance system. Secular trends in the epidemiology of fungal infections in the United States, 1980–1990. J Infect Dis 167:1247–1251.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bottone E, Wormser G (1992) Capsule-defieient crypto- cocci in AIDS. Lancet 2:553

    Google Scholar 

  • Buckley RH (1992) Immunodeficiency diseases. JAMA 268:2797–2806

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chuck SL, Sande MA (1989) Infections with Cryptococcus neoformans in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med 321:794–799

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Crislip MA, Edwards JE (1989) Candidiasis. Infect Dis Clin N Am 3:103–182

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Denning DW, Tucker RM, Hanson LH, Hamilton JR, Stevens DA (1989) Itraconazole therapy for crptococcal meningitis and cryptococcosis. Arch Int Med 149: 2301–2308

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dismukes W (1988) Cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS. J Infect Dis 157:624–628

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dixon DM, Folak-Wyss A (1991) The medically important dematiaceous fungi and their identification. Mycoses 34:1–18

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gueho E, Guillot J (1994) Taxonomy and phylogeny of Malassezia and Trichosporon, Program and Abstracts of the 12th Congr of The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, Adelaide, South Australia, March 1994, S29.1, p D31

    Google Scholar 

  • Just-Nubling G, Gentschew G, Dohle M, Bottinger C, Helm EB, Stille W (1990) Fluconazole in the treatment of oropharyngeal candidosis in HIV-positive patients. Mycoses 33:435–440

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kappe R, Levitz SM, Cassone A, Washburn RG (1992) Mechanisms of host defense against funal infection. J Med Vet Mycol 30(Suppl 1): 167–177

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Klein RS, Harris CA, Small CB, Moll B, Lesser M, Friedland GH (1984) Oral candidasis in high-risk patients as the initial manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med 311:354 – 358

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Klotz S (1989) Malassezia furfur. Infect Dis Clin N Am 3:53–64

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kovacs J, Kovacs A, Polis M, Wright W, Gelmann E, Lane H, Lonfield R, Overturf G, Mâcher A, Fauci A, Parrillo J, Bennett J, Masur H (1985) Cryptococcosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Int Med 103:533–538

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kwon-Chung KJ, Bennett JE (1992) Medical mycology. Lea Febiger, Philadelphia

    Google Scholar 

  • Lalor E, Rabeneck L (1991) Esophageal candidiasis in AIDS. Dig Dis Sci 36:270–281

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Larsen RA, Leal MAE, Chan LS (1990) Fluconazole compared with amphotericin B plus flucytosine for crytococcal meningitis in AIDS. A randomized trial. Ann Int Med 113:183–187

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lecciones JA, Lee JW, Navarro E, Witebsky FG, Marshall DJ, Steinberg SM, Pizzo PA, Walsh TJ (1992) Vascular catheter-associated fungemia in cancer patients: analysis of 155 episodes. Rev Infect Dis 14:875–883

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Leggiadro R, Kline M, Hughes W (1991) Extrapulmonary cryptococcosis in children with AIDS. Pediatr Inf Dis J 10:658–662

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lyman C, Walsh TJ (1992) Systemically administered antifungal agents: a review of clinical pharmacology and therapeutic applications. Drugs 44:9–35

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Maksymiuk AW, Thongprasert S, Hopfer R, Luna M, Fainstein V, Bodey GP (1984) Systemic candidiasis in cancer patients. Am J Med 77(4D):20–27

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • McCarthy GM (1992) Host factors associated with HIV- related oral candidiasis. Oral Med Oral Pathol 73: 181–186

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nathwani D, Green St, McGuire W, Goldberg DJ, Kennedy DH (1989) New triazoles antifungal agents (fluconazole and intraconazole) in the treatment of HIV-related gastrointestinal candidiasis. Scand J Infect Dis 21:355–356

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Odds FC (1992) Candida infections in AIDS. Int J STD Aids 3:157–160

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Powderly WG, Saag MS, Cloud GA, Robinson P, Meyer RD, Jacobson JM, Graybill JR, Sugar AM, McAullife VJ, Follansbee SE (1992) A controlled trial of fluconazole or amphotericin B to prevent relapse of crypto-coccal meningitis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med 326:793–798

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Redline R, Reline S, Boxerbaum B (1985) Systemic Malassezia furfur infections in patients receiving intra-lipid therapy. Hum Pathol 16:815

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Roy MJ, Walsh TJ (1992) Histopathological and immuno-histochemical changes in gut-associated lympoid tissues following treatment of rabbits with dexamethasone. Lab Invest 64:437–443

    Google Scholar 

  • Viviani MA (1992) Opporunistic fungal infections in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Chemotherapy 38(Suppl):35–42

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Walsh TJ, Melcher GP, Lee JW, Pizzo PA (1993) Infections due to Trichosporon species: new concepts in mycology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Curr Top Med Mycol 5:79–113

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Walsh TJ, Hier DB, Caplan LR (1985) Fungal infections of the central nervous system: analysis of risk factors and clinical manifestations. Neurology 35: 1654–1657

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zuger A, Louie E, Holzman R, Simberkoff M, Rhal J (1986) Cryptococcal disease in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Diagnostic features and outcome of treatment. Ann Int Med 104: 234–240

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    T. J. Walsh

Authors
  1. T. J. Walsh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology - 43-239 CHS, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Dexter H. Howard

  2. Plant Research Center, Mycotoxin Programme, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada

    J. David Miller

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1996 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Walsh, T.J. (1996). Yeast Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. In: Howard, D.H., Miller, J.D. (eds) Human and Animal Relationships. The Mycota, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10373-9_5

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10373-9_5

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-662-10375-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-662-10373-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation