Diagnostic Medical Parasitology. Lynne Shore Garcia
Entamoeba histolytica
Free-living amebae
Blastocystis spp.
Giardia lamblia
Toxoplasma gondii
Cryptosporidium spp.
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Cystoisospora (Isospora) belli
Sarcocystis spp.
Microsporidia
Leishmania spp.
Strongyloides stercoralis
Plasmodium spp.
Babesia spp.
American trypanosomiasis
Crusted scabies
31 Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections
Health care-associated (nosocomial) infections
Gastrointestinal infections
Cryptosporidium spp.
Giardia lamblia
Entamoeba histolytica
Microsporidia
Cystoisospora (Isospora) belli
Hymenolepis nana
Taenia solium
Blood and tissue infections
Plasmodium spp.
Babesia spp.
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
Leishmania donovani
Toxoplasma gondii
Infections with ectoparasites
Pediculus spp. and Phthirus pubis
Sarcoptes scabiei
Myiasis
Infections in the pediatric patient
Cryptosporidium spp.
Giardia lamblia
Pediculus humanus capitis
Sarcoptes scabiei
Infections in the compromised patient
Laboratory infections
Intestinal protozoa
Free-living amebae
Plasmodium spp.
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
Leishmania spp.
Toxoplasma gondii
Specimen handling
Summary
32 Immunology of Parasitic Infections
Amebiasis
Giardiasis
Toxoplasmosis
African trypanosomiasis
American trypanosomiasis
Malaria
Helminth infections
Summary
33 Antibody and Antigen Detection in Parasitic Infections
Protozoal infections
Amebiasis
Babesiosis
Chagas’ disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Giardiasis
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Toxoplasmosis
Trichomoniasis
Helminth infections
Cysticercosis
Hydatid disease
Fascioliasis
Filariasis
Paragonimiasis
Schistosomiasis
Strongyloidiasis
Toxocariasis
Trichinosis
Intradermal tests
Casoni test
Montenegro test
34 Histologic Identification of Parasites
Protozoa
Amebae
Flagellates
Ciliates
Coccidia
Microsporidia
Helminths
Nematodes
Cestodes
Trematodes
Blood Parasites
Malaria
Leishmania
Trypanosomes
Filaria
35 Medically Important Arthropods
Arthropods and their relationship to disease
Biological vectors of microorganisms
Bites and envenomation
Tissue invasion
Entomophobia and delusional infestation (parasitosis)
Class Insecta (insects)
Order Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, and midges)
Myiasis
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
Order Siphonaptera (fleas) (Ctenocephalides spp., Xenopsylla cheopis, Pulex irritans [human flea], Tunga penetrans, Nosopsyllus fasciatus, Echidnophaga gallinacea, and “sand fleas”)
Order Anoplura (sucking lice)
Order Mallophaga (biting and chewing lice)
Order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants)