Practical Guide to Diagnostic Parasitology

✍ Scribed by Lynne Shore Garcia

• Publisher: ASM Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Designed as a training aid and reference for laboratorians, this guide supplements standard clinical parasitology textbooks by focusing on practical information that has direct application to benchwork. It's loaded with "how-to" tips, based on the author's 30 years of hands-on experience working in clinical laboratories, to help readers perform accurate diagnostic tests and avoid common pitfalls.;Preface; Acknowledgments; SECTION 1 Philosophy and Approach to Diagnostic Parasitology; SECTION 2 Parasite Classification and Relevant Body Sites; SECTION 3 Collection Options; SECTION 4 Specimen Test Options: Routine Diagnostic Methods and Body Sites; SECTION 5 Specific Test Procedures and Algorithms; SECTION 6 Commonly Asked Questions about Diagnostic Parasitology; SECTION 7 Parasite Identification; SECTION 8 Identification Aids; Index

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION 1 Philosophy and Approach to Diagnostic Parasitology
SECTION 2 Parasite Classification and Relevant Body Sites
SECTION 3 Collection Options
SECTION 4 Specimen Test Options: Routine Diagnostic Methods and Body Sites
SECTION 5 Specific Test Procedures and Algorithms
SECTION 6 Commonly Asked Questions about Diagnostic Parasitology
SECTION 7 Parasite Identification
SECTION 8 Identification Aids
Index

✦ Subjects

Clinical Laboratory Techniques;Diagnosis;Diagnostic parasitology;Investigative Techniques;Laboratory Techniques and Procedures;Laboratory techniques and procedures;Parasitic Diseases;Parasitic Diseases--diagnosis;Parasitic diseases -- Diagnosis;Pathological laboratories--Methodology;Electronic books;Pathological laboratories -- Methodology;Parasitic Diseases -- diagnosis