Handbook of Fungal Infections
Handbook of Fungal Infections
Editor
Kiran V Godse MD PhD FRCP (Glasgow)
Professor Department of Dermatology Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Consultant Dermatologist Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Associate Editor
Anant Patil MBBS MD
Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology Dr DY Patil Medical College Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Foreword
VK Sashindran

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Handbook of Fungal Infections / Kiran V Godse
First Edition: 2023
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EDITOR
- Kiran V Godse
- Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
- Anant Patil
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pharmacology
- Dr DY Patil Medical College
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
- Anant Patil
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pharmacology
- Dr DY Patil Medical College
- Navi Mumbai
- Maharashtra, India
- Arijit Coondoo
- Emeritus Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- KPC Medical College and
- Hospital
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Indrashis Podder
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Kiran V Godse
- Professor
- Department of Dermatology
- Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Consultant Dermatologist
- Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Manjunath Shenoy
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy
- Yenepoya Medical College Mangalore, Karnataka, India
- Nidhi Sharma
- Consultant
- Department of Dermatology
- Medanta – The Medicity
- Gurugram, Haryana, India
- Punam De
- Resident
- Department of Dermatology
- KPC Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Ramanjit Singh
- Senior Consultant Dermatologist
- Department of Dermatology
- Medanta – The Medicity
- Gurugram, Haryana, India
- Shreya Poddar
- Senior Resident
- Department of Dermatology
- Asansol District Hospital
- Asansol, West Bengal, India
In the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of chronic superficial fungal infections. Clinicians have to increasingly deal with chronic and recurrent infections. Another challenge is the widespread prevalence of drug-resistant infections. This book has been written expressly for general practitioners. The topics covered in this book include current trends of dermatophytosis in India, clinical presentations of tinea infection, color atlas of typical and atypical tinea infection, pharmacology of antifungal agent, misuse of topical steroids in tinea infections, and treatment guidelines for superficial fungal infections.
Dr Kiran V Godse and Dr Anant Patil have published three books in last 3 years (Urticaria: Interesting Cases, Interesting Cases in Atopic Dermatitis, and Pruritus and Handbook of Urticaria) as a part of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) initiative. All those books have contributions from leading dermatologists from several countries. The simple language, high-quality images, and illuminating tables and charts enhance the quality of the book. I am confident that this book will serve to fulfill a great unmet need of general practitioners.
VK Sashindran MBBS MD DNB
Dean and Professor of Medicine
Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai
Former Professor and HOD Internal Medicine Armed Forces Medical College
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Preface
There has been alarming rise in the prevalence of chronic and recurrent dermatophytosis in India. With rising number and changing patterns, management of chronic and recurrent dermatophytosis may be challenging in many patients. It gives me an immense pleasure to present “Handbook of Fungal Infections” to the readers. The purpose of writing this handbook is to help family physicians, consultant physicians, and postgraduate students of dermatology better understand epidemiology, clinical presentations, and management of dermatophytosis. Experienced and expert authors have contributed chapters in this book. I am sure readers will find this book very useful in the clinical practice, considering its uniqueness in terms of concept and preparation. This reader-friendly handbook contains several clinical images and tables for easy understanding of the topic. I wish to thank the management of DY Patil Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, for constant support. I also thank Dr Anant Patil for his support in coordinating collating all chapters and helping in the task of writing the book. I also thank my family, Dr Meenal, Dr Gauri, and Atharva for supporting my academics.
Kiran V Godse