Diagnostic medical parasitology
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Diagnostic medical parasitology
ASM Press, c1997
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This major reference work, now in its third edition, updates and advances the field of diagnostic medical parasitology and reports on the dramatic changes that have occurred in this area. Newly recognized parasites, alternative techniques defined by new regulatory requirements, implementation of testing based on molecular techniques, and new information on parasitic infections are just a few of the changes covered in this edition. As in previous editions, this book's approach is still to provide the user with clear, concise, well-organized procedures for use in the clinical laboratory. The text also provides a comprehensive discussion of two aspects of diagnostic medical parasitology - the individual parasites and the diagnostic methods designed to detect and identify the organisms present. These discussions cover information related to life cycle, morphology, clinical disease, diagnosis, treatment, epidemilogy and prevention.
Table of Contents
- I. Clinically Important Human Parasites
- Philosophy and approach to diagnostic parasitology
- Intestinal protozoa: amebae
- Intestinal protozoa: flagellates and ciliates
- Intestinal protozoa (coccidia and microsporidia) and algae
- Protozoa from other body sites
- Tissue protozoa
- Malaria and Babesia spp.
- Leishmaniasis
- Trypanosomiasis
- Intestinal nematodes
- Tissue nematodes
- Filarial nematodes
- Intestinal cestodes
- Tissue cestodes: larval forms
- Intestinal trematodes
- Liver and lung trematodes
- Blood trematodes: schistosomes
- Unusual parasitic infections
- Parasitic infections in the immunocompromised host
- Nosocomial and laboratory-acquired parasitic infections
- Immunology of parasitic infections
- Antibody and antigen detection in parasitic infections
- Histologic identification of parasites
- Medically important arthropods
- Treatment of parasitic infections
- II. Diagnostic Procedures
- Collection, preservation and shipment of fecal specimens
- Macroscopic and microscopic examination of fecal specimens
- Additional techniques for stool examination
- Examination of other specimens from the intestinal tract and the urogenital system
- Sputum, aspirates and biopsy material
- Procedures for detecting blood parasites
- Parasite recovery: culture methods, animal inoculation and xenodiagnosis
- Fixation and special preparation of fecal parasite specimens and arthropods
- Artifacts that can be confused with parasitic organisms
- Equipment, supplies, safety, and quality assurance recommendations for a diagnostic parasitology laboratory: factors influencing future laboratory pratice
- Appendixes
- Information tables
- Flowcharts for diagnostic procedures
- Common problems in parasite identification
- Quality control recording sheets
- Commercial supplies and suppliers
- Reference sources
- Colour plates of diagnostic stages of humen parasites
- "Late breaking" published information
- Glossary
- Index
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