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Chapter 31 : Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections

Author: Lynne S. Garcia1
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Abstract:

  • Health Care-Associated infections
  • Gastrointestinal infections
    • spp.
    • Microsporidia
    • ()
  • Blood and tissue infections
    • spp.
    • spp.
    • and
  • Infections with ectoparasites
    • spp. and
    • Myiasis
  • Infections in the pediatric patient
    • spp.
  • Infections in the compromised patient
  • Laboratory infections
    • Intestinal protozoa
    • Free-living amebae
    • spp.
    • and
    • spp.
    • Specimen handling

Citation: Garcia L. 2016. Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections, p 935-953. In Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Sixth Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555819002.ch31
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Tables

Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections
Citation: Garcia L. 2016. Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections, p 935-953. In Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Sixth Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555819002.ch31
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TABLE 31.1
Possible parasite transmission in a health care setting (nonlaboratory)
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TABLE 31.1

Possible parasite transmission in a health care setting (nonlaboratory)

Citation: Garcia L. 2016. Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections, p 935-953. In Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Sixth Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555819002.ch31
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TABLE 31.2
Possible parasite transmission in a health care setting (laboratory)
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TABLE 31.2

Possible parasite transmission in a health care setting (laboratory)

Citation: Garcia L. 2016. Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections, p 935-953. In Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Sixth Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555819002.ch31
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TABLE 31.3
Potential exposures to laboratory-acquired parasitic infections
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TABLE 31.3

Potential exposures to laboratory-acquired parasitic infections

Citation: Garcia L. 2016. Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections, p 935-953. In Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Sixth Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555819002.ch31
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TABLE 31.4
Resistance to antiseptics and disinfectants, from most to least resistant
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TABLE 31.4

Resistance to antiseptics and disinfectants, from most to least resistant

Citation: Garcia L. 2016. Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections, p 935-953. In Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, Sixth Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555819002.ch31

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