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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Dedication vPreface xi
Acknowledgments xv
PART I
Diagnostic Procedures 1
1 Philosophy and Approach to Diagnostic Parasitology 3
2 Collection, Preservation, and Shipment of Fecal Specimens 6
3 Macroscopic and Microscopic Examination of Fecal Specimens 26
4 Additional Techniques for Stool Examination 77
5 Examination of Other Specimens from the Intestinal Tract and the Urogenital System 98
6 Sputum, Aspirates, and Biopsy Material 107
7 Procedures for Detecting Blood Parasites 129
8 Parasite Recovery: Culture Methods, Animal Inoculation, and Xenodiagnosis 156
9 Fixation and Special Preparation of Fecal Parasite Specimens and Arthropods 183
10 Artifacts That Can Be Confused with Parasitic Organisms 195
11 Equipment, Supplies, Safety, and Quality System Recommendations for a Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory: Factors Influencing Future Laboratory Practice 212
12 Medical Parasitology: Case Histories 249
PART II
Clinically Important Human Parasites 297
13 Intestinal Nematodes 299
14 Tissue Nematodes 336
15 Filarial Nematodes 377
16 Intestinal Cestodes 418
17 Tissue Cestodes: Larval Forms 447
18 Intestinal Trematodes 474
19 Liver and Lung Trematodes 487
20 Blood Trematodes: Schistosomes 516
21 Intestinal Protozoa: Amebae 552
22 Intestinal Protozoa: Flagellates and Ciliates 584
23 Intestinal Protozoa (Coccidia), Microsporidia, and Algae 612
24 Free-Living Amebae 667
25 Protozoa from Other Body Sites 694
26 Malaria and Babesiosis 719
27 Leishmaniasis 778
28 Trypanosomiasis 810
29 Unusual Parasitic Infections 845
30 Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host 883
31 Health Care-Associated and Laboratory Acquired Infections 935
32 Immunology of Parasitic Infections 954
33 Antibody and Antigen Detection in Parasitic Infections 986
34 Histologic Identification of Parasites 1019
35 Medically Important Arthropods 1077
36 Treatment of Parasitic Infections 1134
APPENDIXES 1175
APPENDIX 1 Information Tables 1176
APPENDIX 2 Flowcharts and Staining Tables for Diagnostic Procedures 1208
Tables
APPENDIX 3 Common Problems in Parasite Identification 1222
APPENDIX 4 Quality Control Recording Sheets 1235
APPENDIX 5 Commercial Supplies and Suppliers 1241
Tables
APPENDIX 6 Reference Sources 1254
APPENDIX 7 “Late-Breaking” Published Information 1257
APPENDIX 8 Molecular Panels for Parasitology 1278
APPENDIX 9 FAQs 1284
APPENDIX 10 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Codes in Parasitology 1304
GLOSSARY 1307
Index 1321
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