Laboratory Diagnosis of Tropical Infections

Bryan H. Schmitt; Jon E. Rosenblatt; Bobbi S. Pritt

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2012.03.011

Laboratory Diagnosis of Tropical Infections

Bryan H. Schmitt, Jon E. Rosenblatt, Bobbi S. Pritt

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Abstract

This article covers the laboratory diagnosis of infections that occur predominantly in the tropics. The discussion includes diagnosis of blood and tissue parasites, intestinal parasites, and tropical infections caused by fungi, bacteria, and mycobacteria. The laboratory performance of techniques for the identification of intestinal parasites and special requirements for the collection of specimens for virology testing are also discussed. Images demonstrating the characteristic features of selected tropical parasites and fungi are included for reference.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	513-554
Number of pages	42
Journal	Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2012.03.011
State	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Malaria
Parasitology
Travel medicine
Tropical medicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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