Diagnostic medical parasitology / Lynne S. Garcia, M.S., MT, CLS, F(AAM), LSG & Asociates, Santa Monica, California.
| Author/creator | Garcia, Lynne Shore author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 6th edition. |
| Publication | Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2016] |
| Copyright Date | ?2016 |
| Description | online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Connect to this resource online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Philosophy and approach to diagnostic parasitology -- 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 system recommendations for a diagnostic parasitology laboratory: factors influencing parasitology laboratory practice -- Medical parasitology: case histories -- Intestinal nematodes -- Tissue nematodes -- Filarial nematodes -- Intestinal cestodes -- Tissue cestodes: larval forms -- Intestinal trematodes -- Liver and lung trematodes -- Blood trematodes: schistosomes -- Intestinal protozoa: amebae -- Intestinal protozoa: flagellates and ciliates -- Intestinal protozoa (coccidia), microsporidia, and algae -- Free-living amebae -- Protozoa from other body sites -- Malaria and babesiosis -- Leishmaniasis -- Trypanosomiasis -- Unusual parasitic infections -- Parasitic infections in the compromised host -- Health care-associated and laboratory-acquired infections -- Immunology of parasitic infections - Antibody and antigen detection in parasitic infections -- Histologic identification of parasites -- Medically important arthropods -- Treatment of parasitic infections. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Technical details | Mode of Access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015041826 |
| ISBN | 9781555818999 |
| ISBN | 1555818994 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |