Coccidioidomycosis: Sixth International Symposium

Coccidioidomycosis: Sixth International Symposium

Karl V. Clemons (Editor), Rafael Laniado (Editor), David Stevens (Editor), John N. Galgiani (Editor)
Paperback
352 pages
December 2007

Table of Contents

Grand Rounds: John Galgiani.
Part I: Clinical:.
1. Coccidioidomycosis in the US Military: Nancy Crum-Cianflone.
2. Coccidioidomycosis in an Academic Rheumatology Practice: Janis Blair and Les Mertz.
3. Cocci in Pregnancy: R. Johnson.
4. Cervical Spine Cocci: R. Johnson.
5. Amphoteracin Treatment in Cocci: R. Johnson.
6. Coccidioidomycosis in Organ Transplantation: Janis Blair.
7. State of the Art Therapeutics: Skeletal Coccidioidomycosis: Janis Blair.
8. State of the Art Therapeutics: Skin and Soft Tissue Coccidioidomycosis: Janis Blair.
9. Case Report of a Deep Solitary Brain Mass in a Four Month Old Male with Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis: Jennifer Ward.
10. Compensability of and Legal Issues related to Coccidioidomycosis: LuAnn Haley.
11. The Roentgen Aspects of Cases of Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis at Kern Medical Center - Comparison with Previous Study Conducted 50 Years Prior: Augustine Munoz.
12. Veterinary Coccidioides: Lisa Shubitz.
Part II: Epidemiology and Public Health:.
13. Modeling the Ecological Niche of Coccidioides sp. in Western North American deserts: Raúl C. Baptista-Rosas.
14. Habitat Parameters of Coccidioides Occurrence sites - A Review and Comments: Frederick S. Fisher.
15. Epidemiological Profile of Coccidioidomycosis in a Predominantly Hispanic Population: Miguel Angel Pena-Ruiz.
16. Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Fluctuations and Unusual Weather in Kern County, California: Is there a Numerically Demonstrable Connection?: Jorge Talamantes.
17. Model Sensitivity for Assessing Climatologic Effects on the Risk of Acquiring Coccidioidomycosis: Andrew Comrie.
Part III: Laboratory Diagnosis:.
18. Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycosis by Culture: Safety Considerations and Traditional Methods: Deanna Sutton.
19. Clinical Laboratory Practices: Michael Saubolle.
Part IV: Vaccines:.
20. The Public Health Need and Present Status of a Vaccine for the Prevention of Coccidioidomycosis: Richard Hector.
21. Dendritic-Cell Based Vaccine against Coccidioides: Shanjana Awasthi.
22. Characteristics of the Coccidioidal 27K Vaccine: Suzanne Johnson.
23. Identification of pH Sensitive Protein in the Cocccidioidal Vaccine T27K: Suzanne Johnson.
Part V: Basic Research:.
24. Isolation and Identification of Coccidioidal Antigens: Suzanne Johnson.
25. Population Genetics in Coccidioides: Bridget Barker.
26. Molecular Cloning and Expression of a cDNA Encoding a Coccidioides Posadasii Mannosidase Protein Identified by Immunoproteomic Analysis of the Coccidioidal T27K Vaccine: Jennine Lunetta.
27. Molecular Cloning and Expression of a cDNA Encoding a Coccidioides Posadasii Superoxide Dismutase Protein Identified by Proteomic Analysis of the Coccidioidal T27K Vaccine: Jennine Lunetta.
28. Nuclear Labeling of Coccidioides Posadasii with GFP: Li Let.
29. Virulence Mechanisms of Coccidioides: Chiung-Yu Hung.
30. The Application of Proteomic Techniques to Fungal Protein Identifications: James Rohrbough