Toxoplasmosis - A Comprehensive Clinical Guide

di Joynson - Wreghitt • 2005 • dettagli prodotto

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DESCRIZIONE

This authoritative account looks at the re-emergence of toxoplasmosis as a significant and potentially fatal infection. A team of acknowledged international experts review the latest diagnostic techniques, and the management of infection in pregnant women, neonates, the eye, transplant and other immunosuppressed patients and those with AIDS.Table of Contents PrefaceHistorical perspective1. Biology Eskild Petersen and J. P. Dubey2. Immunology of toxoplasma infection Christopher A. Hunter and Gabrielle Reichman3. Epidemiology Susan M. Hall, Michael Ryan and David Buxton4. Infection in the immunocompetent Darrel O. Ho-Yen5. Infections in HIV positive patients Peter Mariuz and Roy T. Steigbigel6. Infection in other immunosuppressed patients Tim G. Wreghitt and David H. M. Joynson7. Maternal and fetal infection Philippe Thulliez8. Prenatal screening Ruth Gilbert and Catherine S. Peckham9. Newborn screening Roger Eaton, George F. Grady and Ho-Wen Hsu10. Infections in neonates and infants Jacques Couvreur11. Ocular infection Gordon N. Dutton12. Laboratory diagnosis of infection David H. M. Joynson and Edward C. Guy13. Antitoxoplasma chemotherapy Robert E. McCabe14. Vaccines James L. Fishback and Jack FrenkelAppendices: Appendix 1. Suggested treatment protocolsAppendix 2. Management of toxoplasma infection in pregnancyAppendix 3. Hygiene measures to prevent infectionAppendix 4. Classification system and case definitionsIndex