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Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh); Dr. Shukla Das, Professor of
Microbiology, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Dr Valinderjeet Singh Randhawa, Professor, Dr Charu
Jain, Senior Resident, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi; Dr Geetanjali Sharma, Microbiologist, Central Food
Laboratory (CFL-FSSAI), Kolkata; Dr K Umamaheswari, Dr ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai for critically
going through the manuscript and providing electron microscopy photographs of fungi.
I owe my gratefulness to Professor David W Denning, Professor of Medicine and Medical Mycology and Head,
Regional Mycology Laboratory, Education and Research Centre, National Aspergillosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital,
Manchester, UK for his encouraging support while writing this edition. My sincere thanks to Dr Elizabeth Johnson, Director,
PHLS Mycology Reference Laboratory, Bristol, UK for encouragements in bringing out this book. Thanks to Dr Michael
Petrou, Imperial College, London and Dr Vipul Rana Singh, Infectious Diseases specialist, Phoenix, Arizona (USA) for going
through the manuscript and providing some of the clinical photographs. I am indebted to Prof. Carlos Pelleschi Taborda,
University of Sao Paulo and Dr Renata Buccheri, Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas,
Sao Paulo (Brazil) for helping me in procuring some of the photomicrographs.
I am also thankful to Prof. Josep Guarro, Prof. Alberto Miguel Stchigel Glikman and Prof. Jose Francisco Cano Lira,
Mycology Unit, Medical School, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus (Spain) for encouraging me to bring out the new edition
and providing some of the photomicrographs.
After submitting the entire manuscript to the press, while I was writing this Acknowledgment, I received the news
that Dr Deanna Sutton has passed away on July 4, 2017. It is a big setback to the mycology community. Her teaching
of basic mycology which we have incorporated in this book also and learning which we have grown in the subject are
extraordinary. In this month of July, she jointly published a paper with us in Fungal Planet highlighting new species of
Saksenaea (S.loutrophoriformis) simultaneously isolated from India and USA. I sincerely pay my tribute to the departed
soul.
Thanks to the colleagues and students, who have critically gone through this edition of Textbook, for the encourage-
ment they have given me and for the numerous probing questions, which they asked during this period, on the basis
of which I was able to expand the material contained in the previous editions and to bring out the new one.
I would also like to thank the faculty and staff of our institute, whose support and help at various stages of the
preparation of this edition have been valuable. I am also grateful to all those whose suggestions, comments and healthy
criticisms were helpful in making this textbook precise and up-to-date.
The latest information on the subject in the form of textbooks, journals, both hard and electronic copies and other
related material were provided from time to time by our Library Staff as well as PGIMER and I am indebted to all of
them. I am also very thankful to the staff of our IT Centre for tackling the computer-related problems which cropped up
while writing the manuscript.
My long-suffering family also deserves a special mention, particularly my wife, Anuradha, daughters Anjuman
and Aarzoo as well as son Avijit for providing constant support, encouragement and whose forbearance allowed me to
continue writing of this edition. I am very thankful to Mr R S Bains, Senior Advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court,
who stood by me at each and every step and I was able to accomplish writing of this edition.
I especially appreciate the constant support and encouragement of Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman) and Mr
Ankit Vij (Group President) of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi in publishing this Textbook and
also Ms Chetna Malhotra Vohra (Associate Director - Content Strategy), Mr Vipin Kaushik (Team Leader, Typesetting
Department) and Mr Rajeev Joshi (Team Leader, Graphic Department), who have been prompt, efficient and most
helpful throughout in the completion of this endeavor.
There are many other contributors for this edition, whose names might have been inadvertently missed by me.
I request that they do not feel offended in this regard. The love and affection of the students in microbiology and allied
clinical areas have been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement. It is expected that the fourth edition of
this textbook will also be able to fulfill its mission to pursue, promote and advance the cause of emerging biomedical
science of mycology.
Date: July 7, 2017
Place: Chandigarh Jagdish Chander
