AEGiS-BKREV: Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host

Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host

Marcel Dekker, Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 532p., illus., bibliog., index. (Infectious Disease and Therapy Series) ISBN 0-8247-7943-6. $160.00.
Edited by Peter D. Walzer, Robert M. Genta. 1989. (Contributors to this volume: William L. Current, Lilly Research Laboratories; Melanie T. Cushion, Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center; Robert M. Genta, Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center; C. Kurtis Kim, Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center; Benjamin J. Luft, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook; Henry Masur, National Institutes of Health; Thomas B. Nutman, National Institutes of Health; Richard D. Pearson, Univ. of Virginia School of Medicine; William A. Petri, Jr., Univ. of Virginia School of Medicine; Jonathan I. Ravdin, Univ. of Virginia School of Medicine; Phillip D. Smith, National Institutes of Health; Peter D. Walzer, Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center; Mary E. Wilson, Univ. of Iowa

"Parasitic infections in persons with AIDS and other immunosuppressed patients are characterized by their chronicity and refractoriness to standard forms of therapy." This highly technical book provides an "an in-depth analysis of both host-parasite relationships and clinical disease problems." The first chapter cover the compromised host: AIDS and other diseases while the second chapter covers "Host defenses against prototypical intracellular protozoans, the Leishmania." The remaining chapters cover specific parasites: Pneumocystis carinii, Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, parasitic Helminth infection, and Strongyloidiasis. A must book for all medical libraries.

Keywords: Parasitic Diseases, Pathogenesis, Host-Parasite Relationships, Immunological Deficiency Syndrome Complications

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