Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System: Bacterial, Fungal, Viral, and Parasitic Infections

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Springer Science & Business Media, Apr 8, 2011 - Medical - 224 pages

Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System: Bacterial, Fungal, Viral, and Parasitic Infections provides a unique diagnostic reference text for the pathologic diagnosis of infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Written for the practicing surgical pathologist, this text combines the superior illustrations of an atlas with carefully written prose to create a useful diagnostic companion. The text is divided into four sections covering bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic infections of the gastrointestinal tract. The descriptive sections of each chapter are organized into short paragraphs for easy reference and include the use of tables to compare and contrast organisms and summarize differential diagnoses. Each chapter is extensively illustrated, and contains prose discussions of diagnostic features, differential diagnoses, brief clinical descriptions, and ancillary tests that help confirm the diagnosis (i.e. immunohistochemistry, special histochemical stains, and molecular diagnostic techniques).

Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal System: Bacterial, Fungal, Viral, and Parasitic Infections provides pertinent clinical, diagnostic, and epidemiologic information that will be valuable to the practicing surgical pathologist. This volume will also help surgical pathologists gain familiarity with other contributory laboratory tests that are available to help confirm diagnosis.

 

Contents

Bacterial Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract 7
6
Helicobacter pylori and Related Species 17
19
Salmonella Species
27
Selected References
35
Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
43
Clostridial Infections
59
Spirochetes
69
Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections
79
Herpes Simplex Virus
133
Miscellaneous Enteric Viruses
143
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
153
Miscellaneous Protozoal Infections
165
Intestinal Flagellates 177
176
Coccidians
183
Miscellaneous Helminthic Infections
193
Enterobius vermicularis Pinworms
201

Fungal Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract
91
Aspergillus Species and Zygomycetes
103
Cryptococcus neoformans 115
114
Viral Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract 123
122
Anisakis Simplex and Related Nematodes
211
Subject Index
219
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