Pathology of skin infections / Yutaka Tsutsumi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsutsumi, Yutaka.

Series:

Dermatology--laboratory and clinical research series.

Dermatology - Laboratory and Clinical Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skin--Infections--Diagnosis--Japan.

Skin.

Skin--Infections--Treatment--Japan.

Skin--Diseases--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this 7-chapter, single-author textbook entitled ""Pathology of Skin Infections"" are to overview and illustrate pathological features of skin infections caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, helminth and arthropods with a total of 361 colored figures. Histological features based on hematoxylin and eosin staining and gross appearance comprise the major part of the illustrations. Immunostaining using the indirect immunoperoxidase or amino acid polymer method and non-isotopic in situ hybridization technique were employed when necessary. The indirect immunoperoxidase method usin

Contents:

""PATHOLOGY OF SKIN INFECTIONS""; ""PATHOLOGY OF SKIN INFECTIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""Textbooks and Atlases""; ""Chapter I: Techniques for Visualization of Microbes within the Lesions""; ""A) Use of Commercially Available Antibodies""; ""B) Use of Diluted Patients' Serum As the Primary Antibody""; ""C) Immunostaining versus Non-Isotopic In Situ Hybridization""; ""D) Ultrastructural Visualization of Microbes in Routine Material""; ""E) Summarizing Remarks""; ""Chapter II: Bacterial Infections""

""A) Staphylococcal Infection""""B) Streptococcal Infection""; ""C) Lethal Gangrene of Soft Tissue""; ""D) Pseudomonas Infection""; ""E) Infection of Escherichia Coli or Other Enterobacteriae""; ""F) Corynebacterial Infection""; ""G) Dermatophilosis""; ""H) Neisserial Infection""; ""I) Rhinoscleroma""; ""J) Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)""; ""K) Chancroid""; ""L) Chlamydial Infection and Lymphogranuloma Venereum""; ""M) Pasteurellosis""; ""N) Capnocytophaga Septicemia""; ""O) Human Bite""; ""P) Tetanus""; ""Q) Tularemia""; ""R) Glanders and Melioidosis""

""S) Anthrax and Bacillus Cereus Infection""""T) Actinomycosis""; ""U) Nocardiosis""; ""V) Propionibacterium Acnes, Folliculitis and Sarcoidosis""; ""W) Tuberculosis""; ""X) Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Infection""; ""Y) Hansen�s Disease (Leprosy)""; ""Z) Infection-Related Erythema Nodosum-Like Lesions""; ""AA) Syphilis""; ""BB) Frambesia (yaws) and Pinta""; ""CC) Borreliosis""; ""DD) Bartonellosis""; ""EE) Rickettsial Infections""; ""FF) Other Bacterial Infections with Skin Rash""; ""Chapter III: Fungal Infections""; ""A) Dermatophytosis""; ""B) Malassezial Infection""

""C) Sporotrichosis""""D) Chromomycosis""; ""E) Pheohyphomycosis""; ""F) Mycetoma (Madura Foot)""; ""G) Alternariosis""; ""H) Tinea Nigra""; ""I) Candidiasis""; ""J) Trichosporonosis""; ""K) Aspergillosis""; ""L) Mucormycosis""; ""M) Fusariosis""; ""N) Cryptococcosis""; ""O) Histoplasmosis""; ""P) Paracoccidioidomycosis""; ""Q) North American Blastomycosis""; ""R) Coccidioidomycosis""; ""S) Lobomycosis""; ""T) Rhinosporidiosis""; ""U) Penicilliosis Marneffei""; ""V) Protothecosis""; ""Chapter IV: Viral Infections""; ""A) Human Papillomavirus Infection""; ""B) Molluscum Contagiosum""

""C) Orf and Milker�s Nodule""""D) Herpes Simplex Virus Infection""; ""E) Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection""; ""F) Cytomegalovirus Infection""; ""G) Epstein-Barr Virus Infection""; ""H) Infection of Human Herpesvirus (HHV)-6 and HHV-7""; ""I) Kaposi Sarcoma""; ""J) Merkel Cell Carcinoma""; ""K) Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma""; ""L) Coxsackievirus Infection""; ""M) Erythema Infectiosum""; ""N) Measles""; ""O) Rubella""; ""P) Other Viral Infections Accompanying Acute Rash""; ""Chapter V: Protozoan Infections""; ""A) Leishmaniasis""; ""B) Trypanosomiasis""; ""C) Entamebiasis""

""D) Acanthoamebiasis""

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 14, 2013).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-62808-708-0

OCLC:

864792113