Procop G., Pritt B. Pathology of infectious diseases

Elsevier, 2015 - 684p.One of the most important challenges in medicine is the accurate and timely detection of infectious diseases. Although this is primarily thought of as the domain of the microbiology laboratory, the anatomic pathologist plays an essential role in the identifiation of infectious organisms in surgical and cytological preparations. Indeed, there are many instances in which these preparations present the only opportunity for identifying the infecting organism, particularly when tissue was not submitted for culture or the organism fails to grow. The pathologist also has the opportunity to observe the host response associated with an infectious organism and thus make a judgment as to whether the presence of the organism represents colonization, contamination, or true infection.
Given the variety of organisms that may be seen in tissue, the anatomic pathologist must be familiar with the histologic and cytologic presentation of a variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. The goal of this text is therefore to provide a practical and easy-to-use reference for the practicing pathologist, with adequate information for correlating gross and microscopic pathologic features with clinical presentation and radiology fidings.
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