Book excerpt: MEDICAL MYCOLOGY AND HUMAN MYCOSES by Everett S. Beneke & Alvin L. Rogers. In recent years, significant changes have occurred in the field of medical mycology. Organisms not previously causative agents of human infection have now emerged as opportunistic pathogens in greatly increased numbers. These fungi have become serious pathogens in debilitated & immunocompromised hosts as a result of steroid & chemotherapy treatments, organ transplants, hyperalimentation, AIDS, & other macrodisruptive procedures & immune diseases. Dr. Beneke & Dr. Rogers provide a comprehensive color guide to medically significant fungi & the diseases they cause. Provides details of laboratory techniques & specimen identification. Lavishly illustrated with 270 color photographs plus extensive blank & white photographs & drawings. 0-89863-175-0 (See also: IDENTIFYING FILAMENTIOUS FUNGI ISGN: 0-89863-177-7) Star Publishing Company, P.O. Box 68, Belmont, CA 94002. Phone (650) 591-3505; fax (650) 591-3898 email: [email protected]