Diagnostic medical parasitology
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Diagnostic medical parasitology
Elsevier, c1988
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
Diagnostic Medical Parasitology is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis of parasitic diseases in humans. Written by two authors with years of practical laboratory experience, this book serves as a "how to" text for all diagnostic procedures in the identification of parasitic infections. The first section of Diagnostic Medical Parasitology is a thorough presentation of parasites seen in the clinical laboratory. Each is accompanied by drawings, identification charts, photographs, the parasite's life cycle, diagnostic laboratory procedures, interpretation of laboratory results, and diagnostic tips. The text includes the treatment, epidemiology and prevention for each parasitic disease. This section also includes chapters on the immuno-compromised patient, nosocomial and laboratory-acquired infections, unusual parasitic organisms, and medical important arthropods. The second part of the book details both common and specialized laboratory techniques needed to diagnose parasitic infections. You'll find easy-to-follow laboratory procedures for the collection, examination, and fixation of specimens, as well as quality control and laboratory safety recommendations.
Table of Contents
I. Clinically Important Human Parasites 1. Philosophy and Approach to Diagnostic Parasitology. 2. Intestinal Protozoa: Amebae. 3. Intestinal Protozoa: Flagellates, Ciliates. 4. Intestinal Protozoa: Coccidia, Blastocystis hominis. 5. Protozoa from Other Body Sites. 6. Tissue Protozoa. 7. Malaria and Babesia spp. 8. Leishmaniasis. 9. Trypanosomiasis. 10. Intestinal Nematodes. 11. Tissue Nematodes. 12. Filarial Nematodes. 13. Intestinal Cestodes. 14. Tissue Cestodes: Larval Forms. 15. Intestinal Trematodes. 16. Liver and Lung Trematodes. 17. Blood Trematodes: Schistosomes. 18. Unusual Parasitic Infections. 19. Parasitic Infections and the Compromised Host. 20. Nosocomial and Laboratory-Aquired Parasitic Infections. 21. Serodiagnosis of Parasitic Diseases. 22. Histological Identification of Parasites. 23. Medically Important Arthropods. 24. Treatment of Parasitic Infections. II. Diagnostic Procedures 25. Collection and Preservation of Fecal Specimens. 26. Macroscopic and Microscopic Examination of Fecal Specimens. 27. Additional Techniques for Stool Examination. 28. Examination of Other Specimens from the Intestinal Tract and the Urogenital System. 29. Sputum, Aspirates and Biopsy Material. 30. Procedures for Detecting Blood Parasites. 31. Parasite Recovery: Culture Methods, Animal Inoculation and Xenodiagnosis. 32. Fixation and Special Preparation of Fecal Parasite Specimens. 33. Artifacts that can be Confused with Parasitic Organisms. 34. Quality Control Procedures for the Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory. Appendix: Classification of Human Parasites. Glossary. Index.
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