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Diagnostic Medical Parasitology
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Diagnostic Medical Parasitology covers all aspects of human medical parasitology and provides detailed, comprehensive, relevant diagnostic methods in one volume. The new edition incorporates newly recognized parasites, discusses new and improved diagnostic methods, and covers relevant regulatory requirements and has expanded sections detailing artifact material and histological diagnosis, supplemented with color images throughout the text.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART I: Diagnostic Procedures
- 1 Philosophy and Approach to Diagnostic Parasitology
- 2 Collection, Preservation, and Shipment of Fecal Specimens
- 3 Macroscopic and Microscopic Examination of Fecal Specimens
- 4 Additional Techniques for Stool Examination
- 5 Examination of Other Specimens from the Intestinal Tract and the Urogenital System
- 6 Sputum, Aspirates, and Biopsy Material
- 7 Procedures for Detecting Blood Parasites
- 8 Parasite Recovery: Culture Methods, Animal Inoculation, and Xenodiagnosis
- 9 Fixation and Special Preparation of Fecal Parasite Specimens and Arthropods
- 10 Artifacts That Can Be Confused with Parasitic Organisms
- 11 Equipment, Supplies, Safety, and Quality System Recommendations for a Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory: Factors Influencing Future Laboratory Practice
- 12 Medical Parasitology: Case Histories
- PART II: Clinically Important Human Parasites
- 13 Intestinal Nematodes
- 14 Tissue Nematodes
- 15 Filarial Nematodes
- 16 Intestinal Cestodes
- 17 Tissue Cestodes: Larval Forms
- 18 Intestinal Trematodes
- 19 Liver and Lung Trematodes
- 20 Blood Trematodes: Schistosomes
- 21 Intestinal Protozoa: Amebae
- 22 Intestinal Protozoa: Flagellates and Ciliates
- 23 Intestinal Protozoa (Coccidia), Microsporidia, and Algae
- 24 Free-Living Amebae
- 25 Protozoa from Other Body Sites
- 26 Malaria and Babesiosis
- 27 Leishmaniasis
- 28 Trypanosomiasis
- 29 Unusual Parasitic Infections
- 30 Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host
- 31 Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections
- 32 Immunology of Parasitic Infections
- 33 Antibody and Antigen Detection in Parasitic Infections
- 34 Histologic Identification of Parasites
- 35 Medically Important Arthropods
- 36 Treatment of Parasitic Infections
- Appendixes
- Glossary
- Index