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.

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Chapter 1. General approach to the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal InfectionsSection I. Bacterial Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 2. Aeromonas, Vibrio cholerae, and related speciesChapter 3. Campylobacter speciesChapter 4. Helicobacter pylori and related speciesChapter 5. SalmonellaChapter 6. ShigellaChapter 7. E. coliChapter 8. Yersinia enterocolitica and pseudotuberculosisChapter 9. Mycobacterial infectionsChapter 10. Clostridial InfectionsChapter 11. SpirochetesChapter 12. Whipple's DiseaseChapter 13. Miscellaneous Bacterial InfectionsSection II. Fungal Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 14. General Approach to Diagnosis of Fungal Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 15. CandidaChapter 16. Aspergillus and ZygomycetesChapter 17. HistoplasmosisChapter 18. Cryptococcus neoformansChapter 19. Pneumocystis cariniiSection III. Viral Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 20. CytomegalovirusChapter 21. Herpes simplex virusChapter 22. AdenovirusChapter 23. Miscellaneous Enteric VirusesChapter 24. Human Papillomavirus infection of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 25. Important Gastrointestinal Manifestations of the Human Immunodeficiency VirusChapter 26. Miscellaneous Viral Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractSection IV. Parasitic Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 27. Miscellaneous Protozoal Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 28. Entamoeba histolyticaChapter 29. Intestinal FlagellatesChapter 30. CoccidiansChapter 31. Miscellaneous Helminthic Infections of the Gastrointestinal TractChapter 32. Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworms)Chapter 33. Strongyloides stercoralisChapter 34. Anisakis simplex and related nematodesChapter 35. Gastrointestinal Schistosomiasis