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Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Infections

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Part of the book series: Essentials in Cytopathology ((EICP,volume 17))

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A variety of infections can involve the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract for which minimally invasive sampling via endoscopic and colonoscopic methods can be of considerable use. This chapter focuses on such infections and on their cytomorphology, differential diagnosis, and the ancillary studies used for confirming these infectious diseases.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Robert M. Najarian & Helen H. Wang

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Najarian, R.M., Wang, H.H. (2011). Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Infections. In: Cytopathology of Infectious Diseases. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 17. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0242-8_7

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