Main description:

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:

Chapter 1. General approach to the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Infections

Section I. Bacterial Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 2. Aeromonas, Vibrio cholerae, and related species

Chapter 3. Campylobacter species

Chapter 4. Helicobacter pylori and related species

Chapter 5. Salmonella

Chapter 6. Shigella

Chapter 7. E. coli

Chapter 8. Yersinia enterocolitica and pseudotuberculosis

Chapter 9. Mycobacterial infections

Chapter 10. Clostridial Infections

Chapter 11. Spirochetes

Chapter 12. Whipple's Disease

Chapter 13. Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections

Section II. Fungal Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 14. General Approach to Diagnosis of Fungal Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 15. Candida

Chapter 16. Aspergillus and Zygomycetes

Chapter 17. Histoplasmosis

Chapter 18. Cryptococcus neoformans

Chapter 19. Pneumocystis carinii

Section III. Viral Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 20. Cytomegalovirus

Chapter 21. Herpes simplex virus

Chapter 22. Adenovirus

Chapter 23. Miscellaneous Enteric Viruses

Chapter 24. Human Papillomavirus infection of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 25. Important Gastrointestinal Manifestations of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Chapter 26. Miscellaneous Viral Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Section IV. Parasitic Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 27. Miscellaneous Protozoal Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 28. Entamoeba histolytica

Chapter 29. Intestinal Flagellates

Chapter 30. Coccidians

Chapter 31. Miscellaneous Helminthic Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 32. Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworms)

Chapter 33. Strongyloides stercoralis

Chapter 34. Anisakis simplex and related nematodes

Chapter 35. Gastrointestinal Schistosomiasis