Larone`s Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification, 7th Edition

With a new team of authors, Larone`s Medically Important Fungi, Seventh Edition, continues the longstanding tradition of high-quality content to expand your knowledge and support your work in clinical mycology by:

• Providing detailed descriptions of the major mycoses as viewed in patients` specimens by direct microscopic examination of stained slides
• Offering a logical step-by-step process for identification of cultured organisms, utilizing detailed descriptions, images, pointers on organisms` similarities and distinctions, and selected references for further information
• Covering more than 150 of the fungi most commonly encountered in the clinical mycology laboratory, including new entries for Emergomyces, Metarhizium anisopliae, Rasamsonia argillacea, Rhinocladiella mackenziei, Schizophyllum commune, and Thermothelomyces thermophilus
• Presenting details on each organism`s pathogenicity, growth characteristics, relevant biochemical reactions, and microscopic morphology, illustrated with photomicrographs, unique and elegant drawings, and color photos of colony morphology and various test results
• Explaining changes in fungal taxonomy and nomenclature that are due to information acquired through molecular taxonomic studies of evolutionary fungal relationships
• Providing basic information on molecular diagnostic methods, e.g., nucleic acid amplification and sequencing, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and other commercial platforms
• Including an extensive section of easy-to-follow lab protocols, a comprehensive list of media and stain procedures, guidance on collection and preparation of patient specimens, and an illustrated glossary

With Larone`s Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification, both novices and experienced professionals in clinical microbiology laboratories can confidently identify commonly encountered fungi.

List of Tables x

Preface to the Seventh Edition xx

Preface to the First Edition xx

Acknowledgments xx

About the Authors xx

Basics 000

How To Use the Guide 0

Use of Reference Laboratories and Regulations for Transport 00

Safety Precautions 00

Taxonomy and Nomenclature 00

PART I

Direct Microscopic Examination of Clinical Specimens 000

Introduction 000

Histological Terminology 000

Tissue Reactions to Fungal Infections 000

Stains 000

TABLE 1.1 Histochemical stains for fungi and/or filamentous bacteria in tissue 000

Guide to Interpretation of Direct Microscopic Examination 000

Detailed Descriptions 000

Actinomycosis 000

Mycetoma (Actinomycotic or Eumycotic) 000

Nocardiosis

Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis) 000

Aspergillosis 000

Miscellaneous Hyalohyphomycoses (Other than Aspergillosis) 000

Dermatophytosis (Tinea, Ringworm) 000

Tinea versicolor 000

Tinea nigra 000

Phaeohyphomycosis 000

Chromoblastomycosis 000

Sporotrichosis 000

Histoplasmosis 000

Emergomycosis 000

Talaromycosis (Penicilliosis) 000

Blastomycosis 000

Paracoccidioidomycosis 000

Lobomycosis

Candidiasis

Trichosporonosis

Cryptococcosis

Pneumocystosis

Protothecosis

Coccidioidomycosis 000

Rhinosporidiosis 000

Adiaspiromycosis 000

PART II

Identification of Fungi in Culture 000

Guide to Identification of Fungi in Culture 000

Detailed Descriptions 000

Filamentous Bacteria 000

Introduction to Filamentous Bacteria 000

TABLE 2.1 Differentiation of filamentous aerobic actinomycetes encountered in clinical specimens 000

Nocardia spp. 000

Streptomyces spp. 000

Actinomadura spp. 000

Nocardiopsis dassonvillei 000

Yeasts and Yeastlike Organisms 000

Introduction to Yeasts and Yeastlike Organisms 000

Candida albicans 000

TABLE 2.2 Characteristics of the genera of clinically encountered yeasts and yeastlike organisms 000

Candida dubliniensis 000

TABLE 2.3 Characteristics of Candida spp. most commonly encountered in the clinical laboratory 000

TABLE 2.4 Characteristics that assist in differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans 000

Candida tropicalis 000

Candida parapsilosis species complex 000

Candida lusitaniae 000

Candida krusei 000

TABLE 2.5 Differentiating characteristics of Geotrichum capitatum (formerly Blastoschizomyces capitatus) versus Candida krusei 000

TABLE 2.6 Differentiating characteristics of Candida krusei, Candida inconspicua, and Candida norvegensis 000

Candida kefyr 000

Candida rugosa species complex 000

Candida guilliermondii species complex 000

Thermally Monomorphic Moulds 000

Mucormycetes 000

Introduction to Mucormycetes 000

TABLE 2.11 Differential characteristics of similar organisms in the class Mucormycetes 000

TABLE 2.12 Differential characteristics of the clinically encountered Rhizopus spp. 000

Rhizopus spp. 000

Mucor spp. 000

Rhizomucor spp. 000

Lichtheimia corymbifera species complex 000

Apophysomyces elegans species complex 000

Saksenaea vasiformis 000

Cokeromyces recurvatus 000

Cunninghamella bertholletiae 000

Syncephalastrum racemosum 000

Basidiobolus spp. 000

Dermatophytes 000

Introduction to Dermatophytes 000

Latin Terms for Dermatophyte Infections 000

Microsporum audouinii 000

Microsporum canis 000

Paraphyton cookei species complex (formerly Microsporum cookei species complex) 000

Nannizzia gypsea species complex (formerly Microsporum gypseum species complex) 000

Lophophyton gallinae (formerly Microsporum gallinae [zoophilic form] and Microsporum vanbreuseghemii [geophilic form])

Nannizzia nana (formerly Microsporum nanum)

Microsporum ferrugineum

Hyaline Hyphomycetes 000

Introduction to Hyaline Hyphomycetes 000

Fungi in Which Arthroconidia Predominate 000

TABLE 2.21 Differential characteristics of fungi in which arthroconidia predominate

Malbranchea spp. 000

Pseudogymnoascus pannorum (formerly Geomyces pannorum)

Arthrographis kalrae

Hormographiella aspergillata

Common Species of Aspergillus 000

The genus Aspergillus

Aspergillus fumigatus species complex

Aspergillus niger species complex

Aspergillus flavus species complex 000

PART III

Basics of Molecular Methods for Fungal Identification 000

Introduction 000

Fungal Targets 000

TABLE 3.1 Frequently used fungal gene targets and primers for sequence-based species identification 000

TABLE 3.2 Examples of fungal gene targets and primers for multilocus sequence-based species identification 000

Classic Molecular Identification Methods 000

Polymerase Chain Reaction 000

Non-Sequencing-Based Identification Methods 000

MALDI-TOF 000

Mass Spectrometry 000

Signal Amplification Methods 000

PNA FISH 000

Nucleic Acid Amplification Methods 000

T2 Magnetic Resonance 000

Broad-Panel Molecular Testing and Other Emerging Sample-to-Answer Technologies 000

Sequencing-Based Identification Methods 000

Sanger Sequencing 000

TABLE 3.3 Lane construction for traditional bidirectional Sanger sequencing 000

Massive Parallel or Next-Generation Sequencing 000

Applications of DNA Sequencing 000

Accurate Molecular Identification 000

TABLE 3.4 Commonly used databases for identification of medically-important fungi 000

Phylogenetic Analysis

Organism Typing

Detection of Genetic Determinants of Resistance

PART IV

Laboratory Technique 000

Laboratory Procedures 000

Collection and Preparation of Specimens 000

TABLE 4.1 Common clinical sites for laboratory recovery of pathogenic fungi 000

Methods for Direct Microscopic Examination of Specimens 000

Primary Isolation 000

TABLE 4.2 Media for primary isolation of fungi 000

Macroscopic Examination of Cultures 000

Microscopic Examination of Growth 000

Procedure for Identification of Yeasts 000

Isolation of Yeast When Mixed with Bacteria

Germ Tube Test for the Presumptive Identification of Candida albicans 000

Rapid Enzyme Tests for the Presumptive Identification of Candida albicans 000

Caffeic Acid Disk Test 000

Olive Oil Disks for Culturing Malassezia spp. 000

Conversion of Thermally Dimorphic Fungi in Culture 000

Sporulation Inducement Method for Apophysomyces and Saksenaea 000

In vitro Hair Perforation Test (for Differentiation of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum) 000

Temperature Tolerance Testing 000

Maintenance of Stock Fungal Cultures 000

Controlling Mites 000

Staining Methods 000

Acid-Fast 000

Modified Kinyoun Stain for Nocardia spp.

Acid-Fast Stain for Ascospores

Ascospore Stain 000

Calcofluor White Stain

Giemsa Stain 000

Gomori Methenamine Silver (GMS) Stain 000

Gram Stain (Hucker Modification) 000

Lactophenol Cotton Blue 000

Lactophenol Cotton Blue with Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) (Huber’s PVA Mounting Medium, Modified) 000

Rehydration of Paraffin-Embedded Tissue (Deparaffination) 000

Media 000

Ascospore Media 000

Assimilation Media (for Yeasts) 000

Birdseed Agar (Niger Seed Agar; Staib Agar) 000

Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) Agar 000

Buffered Charcoal-Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar 000

Canavanine Glycine Bromothymol Blue (CGB) Agar 000

Casein Agar 000

Sabouraud Dextrose Agar with 15% NaCl 000

Sabouraud Dextrose Broth 000

Starch Hydrolysis Agar 000

Trichophyton Agars 000

Tyrosine Agar

Urea Agar

Water Agar

Image Appendix 000

Glossary 000

References Cited 000

Index 000