Meet the editors

Dr. Érico Silva de Loreto is a professor at and a deputy director of the SOBRESP—Faculty of Health Sciences, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Prof. Dr. Loreto is a specialist in clinical laboratory and holds a master's and PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, a PhD in biological sciences (toxicological biochemistry), and a post-doctorate in pharmacology. His current research focus is on antimicrobial susceptibility testing, microbiological techniques for identifica-

tion of microorganisms, pythiosis, and opportunistic fungal pathogens. His scientific production includes nearly 50 papers and a book chapter.

Professor Dr. Juliana Simoni Moraes Tondolo received her pharmaceutical degree and a master's and PhD in pharmacology from Federal University of Santa Maria. She also holds a master's in homeopathy and is a specialist in clinical laboratory. Throughout her career, she has worked as a homeopathic pharmacist and a biochemist at a military hospital; she has spent the last decade in full-time scientific research. Her main areas of interest have

included antimicrobial susceptibility testing, pythiosis, and conidiobolomycosis, as well as immunology of fungal infections and extraction of fungal glucans with immunotherapeutic potential. She has written nearly 30 scientific papers and a book chapter, and she is currently a professor of psychopharmacology at SOBRESP—Faculty of Health Sciences.

Contents

**Section 1**

An Overview

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Preface III**

Clinical Mycology **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 33**

Environmental Mycology **57**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 79**

Antifungal Compounds **95**

**Chapter 6 97**

Thiosulfonates: The Prospective Substances against Fungal Infections *by Vira Lubenets, Nataliya Stadnytska, Diana Baranovych, Sofiya Vasylyuk,* 

*Olena Karpenko, Viktoriya Havryliak and Volodymyr Novikov*

Fungal Growth and Aerosolization from Various Conditions and Materials

High Incidence of an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen *Candida parapsilosis*

Introductory Chapter: Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Infection -

*Cryptococcus neoformans*-Host Interactions Determine Disease Outcomes

*by Jintao Xu, Peter R. Wiliamson and Michal A. Olszewski*

Invasive Candidiasis: Epidemiology and Risk Factors *by Jorge Alberto Cortés and Ivohne Fernanda Corrales*

*by Jacob Mensah-Attipoe and Oluyemi Toyinbo*

in Water-Related Domestic Environments *by Jerneja Zupančič, Monika Novak Babič*

*and Nina Gunde-Cimerman*

*by Erico S. Loreto and Juliana S. M. Tondolo*

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#### **Section 4**  Biological Control Agents **121**

#### **Chapter 7**

Advantageous Fungi against Parasites Transmitted through Soil *by José Ángel Hernández Malagón, Cristiana Filipa Cazapal-Monteiro, Rodrigo Bonilla Quintero, Antonio Miguel Palomero Salinero, María Isabel Silva Torres, Mathilde Voinot Messnier, María Vilá Pena, Ángel Romasanta Blanco, José Pedreira García, Adolfo Paz Silva, Rita Sánchez-Andrade Fernández and María Sol Arias Vázquez* 

**123** 
