Textbook-Atlas of intestinal infections in AIDS - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 8847001749 ISBN 13: 9788847001749

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 2003

Riassunto

Specialists from ten countries are the contributors to this wide-ranging text on intestinal infections associated with the HIV/AIDS virus. Thirty chapters provide detailed coverage of diseases found in poor countries, where antiretroviral drugs are unavailable, and other differences in the disease occurring due to geography and type of care. Initial chapters provide an historical essay on intestinal parasitoses, a natural history of HIV infection, and the immunopathogenesis of AIDS. Among the topics of the subsequent chapters are oral infections, ultrastructural pathology, bacteria, mycobacteria, microsporidia, fungal infections, Strongyloides stercoralis , enteric viruses, new trends in PCR-based diagnostic methods, and the clinical problems found in Latin America. Notable are the color and b&w plates of photomicrographs which illustrate the text throughout. Dionisio is a specialist in infectious disease at Pistoia Hospital, Pistoia, Italy. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Recensione

Journals: AIDS, Journal of AIDS, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, International Journal of Infectious Diseases

From the reviews:

"This volume is a thorough review of gastrointestinal infections that can occur in patients infected with HIV. ... Notable in this volume is the thorough international review of opportunistic infections, which can be used by all countries ... . The highlight of the book is its collection of wonderful photographs, pictures, and diagrams. ... This book is an ideal textbook for a wide variety of readers. Gastroenterologists, infectious diseases physicians, and HIV/AIDS specialists may find this textbook quite useful ... ." (Rafik Samuel, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 39, October, 2004)

"The textbook comprises 30 topics covering all the gastrointestinal manifestations of HIV infection ... . The word ‘atlas’ in the title is justified by the wealth of figures (more than 600), most of which are of very high quality ... . This book will serve as a worthwhile tool for any clinician involved in the care of patients with gastrointestinal manifestations of HIV infection, both in developed and developing countries. It is also an excellent source of well-referenced information for pathologists ... ." (F. Parente, Digestive and Liver Disease, Vol. 37, 2005)

Contenuti

INTESTINAL PARASITOSES IN THE PAST CENTURIES WITH EMPHASIS TO SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE: AN HISTORICAL LINK?- NATURAL HISTORY OF HIV INFECTION.- IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF AIDS.- ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIV-RELATED IMPAIRMENT OF MUCOSAL IMMUNITY.- EFFECT OF HIV INFECTION ON GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION.- FROM ANIMAL TO MAN (RESERVOIRS AND WAYS OF TRANSMISSION): 1) CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS, MICROSPORIDIOSIS, ISOSPORIASIS, CYCLOSPORIASIS, LEISHMANIASIS, PNEUMOCYSTOSIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS. 2) MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS, M. AVIUM COMPLEX, AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIOSES: DRUG RESISTANCE, PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC MARKERS, AND THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF PATHOGENESIS.- WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISKS FOR IMMUNODEFICIENT TRAVELLERS.- ORAL INFECTIONS.- GUT INFECTIONS: ETIOPATHOGENETIC AND CLINICAL REMARKS.- HISTOLOGICAL AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL PATHOLOGY.- SONOGRAPHIC EVIDENCES.- RADIOGRAPHIC EVIDENCES.- LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS AND MICROBIOLOGY: 1) BACTERIA. 2) MYCOBACTERIA. 3) MICROSPORIDIA. 4) CRYPTOSPORIDIUM, AMOEBAE, GIARDIA, LEISHMANIA, TOXOPLASMA, BLASTOCYSTIS.m 5) ISOSPORA BELLI AND EIMERIA (CYCLOSPORA) CAYETANENSIS. 6) FUNGI. 7) STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS. 8) HERPESVIRUSES. 9) ENTERIC VIRUSES. 10) LATEST ADVANCES AND TRENDS IN PCR-BASED DIAGNOSTIC METHODS.- CHANGING PATTERNS OF PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT: 1) BACTERIA AND VIRUSES. 2) PARASITES AND FUNGI. - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF HIV-RELATED DIARRHEA IN AFRICA: WHAT STRATEGIES FOR AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE?- UNIQUE PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OTHER THAN AFRICA.- FUTURE TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE WORLDWIDE SCENARIO.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 8847001749
• ISBN 13: 9788847001749
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 522
• Redattore: Dionisio D.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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