Diagnostic Pathology of Infectious Disease

Dr. Kradin is board certified in both Pathology and Internal Medicine and is on the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Pulmonary Critical Care unit and the Department of Pathology where he is responsible for infectious disease pathology and pulmonary disease pathology. Dr. Kradin is MGH trained and is the author of over 125 peer-reviewed papers. The Massachusetts General Hospital sees a wide spectrum of infectious disease as it is a major tertiary referral center and transplant center and has a division of tropical disease. The book will draw upon the expertise of both pathologists and clinicians from this hospital. Research interests include pulmonary pathology, pulmonary immunity, infectious disease, stress and immunity, and asbestos-related disease.

• 1. Introduction2. General Principles in the Diagnosis of Infection3. Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Infection: Clinical Approach4. Cytopathology of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases5. Ultrastructural Diagnosis of Infection6. New Techniques for the Diagnosis of Infection7. Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections8. Pathology of Pulmonary Infection9. Cardiac Infections10. Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract11. Liver and Bile Duct Infections12. Infectious Lymphadenitis13. Infectious Diseases of the Bone Marrow and Spleen14. Infection of Bone15. Infections of Joints, Synovium-lined Structures, and Soft Tissue16. Genitourinary Infectious Disease Pathology17. Gynecological Infections18. Perinatal Infections19. Infections of the Nervous System20. Skin Infections21. Infections of the Eye and Its Adnex

"This is an excellent resource for any pathologist who wants to brush up on infectious histopathology or to have scope-side for expert consultation. Microbiologists will love the clinical correlate to the microorganisms with which they're so familiar. Users of the first edition will be pleased with the update and pathologists looking for a new reference for infectious histopathology can stop here!" -Reviewed by Sarah L. Rooney, BA, MD (University of Michigan Medical School) Doody's Score: 96, 4 Stars!