Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

by Garcia, Lynne Shore; Bruckner, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781555811167
• ISBN10: 1555811167
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

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

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

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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