Essentials of Medical Parasitology

2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-93-5270-480-4
Verlag: JP Medical

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 615 g

This book is a complete guide to medical parasitology for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The new edition has been fully revised to provide the latest updates and advances in the field, highlighting epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of numerous parasitic diseases.

Presented in bullet format, the text is divided into four main sections, each further sub-divided to cover different parasites.

The second edition covers recent advances in laboratory diagnosis, treatment guidelines, vaccine prophylaxis, epidemiology of infectious diseases, and hospital infection control.

Each chapter features questions on the topic to assist revision, as well as clinical images, schematic diagrams, tables and flowcharts.

Key points

- Complete guide to medical parasitology for students

- Fully revised, new edition covering latest advances in the field

- Includes questions on each topic to assist revision

- Previous edition (9789351523291) published in 2014

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sastry, Apurba S

Bhat, Sandhya

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pathologie, Cytopathologie, Histopathologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Parasitologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1 INTRODUCTION

- General Introduction: Parasitology

 

Section 2 PROTOZOOLOGY

- Introduction to Protozoa

- Amoeba

- Flagellates—I (Intestinal and Genital)

- Flagellates—II (Hemoflagellates)

- Apicomplexa—I (Malaria parasite and Babesia)

- Apicomplexa—II (Opportunistic Coccidian Parasites)

- Miscellaneous Protozoa

 

Section 3 HELMINTHOLOGY

- Introduction to Helminths

- Cestodes

- Trematodes or Flukes

- Nematodes—I (Intestinal Nematodes)

- Nematodes—II (Nematodes of Lower Animals that Rarely Infect Man)

- Nematodes—III (Somatic Nematodes)

 

Section 4 MISCELLANEOUS

- Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases

- Medical Entomology

 

Appendices

Appendix I Clinical syndromes in parasitology

Appendix II Relative size of morphological forms of parasites

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Apurba S Sastry MD DNB MNAMS PDCR

Hospital Infection Control Officer, Officer in-charge HICC, Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India



Sandhya Bhat MD DNB MNAMS PDCR

Professor, Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India