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Textbook-Atlas of Intestinal Infections in AIDS

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Editors:
  1. Daniele Dionisio

    1. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pistoia Hospital, Italy

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    • Daniele Dionisio
    Pages 1-5

  3. Intestinal Parasitoses: A History of Scientific Progress and Endemic Disease in Society

    • Esther Diana
    Pages 7-33

  4. Natural History of HIV Infection

    • Mauro Moroni, Stefano Rusconi, Agostino Riva
    Pages 35-46

  5. Immunopathogenesis of AIDS

    • Fernando Aiuti, Marco Marziali, Antonella Isgrò, Ivano Mezzaroma
    Pages 47-57

  6. Advances in the Knowledge of HIV-Related Impairment of Mucosal Immunity

    • Roberto Manetti, Sergio Romagnani
    Pages 59-63

  7. Effects of HIV Infection on Gastrointestinal Function

    • Leon L. Lai, Tamsin A. Knox, Sherwood L. Gorbach
    Pages 65-77

  8. Cryptosporidiosis, Microsporidiosis, Isosporiasis, Cyclosporiasis, Leishmaniasis, Pneumocystosis and Toxoplasmosis

    • Ynes R. Ortega
    Pages 79-87

  9. An Introduction to Mycobacterial Taxonomy, Structure, Drug Resistance, and Pathogenesis

    • Nalin Rastogi
    Pages 89-115

  10. Worldwide Epidemiology and Risk for International Travelers

    • Giampiero Carosi, Francesco Castelli
    Pages 117-125

  11. Oral Infections

    • Peter A. Reichart
    Pages 127-135

  12. Gut Infections: Etiopathogenetic and Clinical Remarks

    • Daniele Dionisio
    Pages 137-209

  13. Pathology

    • Simonetta Di Lollo, Silvia Tozzini
    Pages 211-231

  14. Ultrastructural Pathology

    • Lidia Ibba Manneschi
    Pages 233-252

  15. Sonographic Features of Intestinal Infections in AIDS

    • Marcello Caremani, Emma Laura Lapini, Danilo Tacconi
    Pages 253-261

  16. Imaging of Intestinal Manifestations of AIDS

    • Michael Macari
    Pages 263-270

  17. Bacteria

    • Kashi Nath Prasad, Jyotsna Agarwal
    Pages 271-286

  18. Mycobacteria

    • Enrico Tortoli
    Pages 287-304

  19. Microsporidia

    • Ingo Sobottka, Christel Schmetz, Justus Schottelius
    Pages 305-324

  20. Leishmania, Cryptosporidium, Amoebae, Giardia, Blastocystis

    • Massimo Scaglia, Simonetta Gatti
    Pages 325-345
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Reviews

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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Unit of Infectious Diseases, Pistoia Hospital, Italy

    Daniele Dionisio

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Textbook-Atlas of Intestinal Infections in AIDS

  • Editors: Daniele Dionisio

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2091-7

  • Publisher: Springer Milano

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-0174-9Published: 31 July 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-2091-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 506

  • Number of Illustrations: 158 b/w illustrations, 519 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Medical Microbiology

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