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Respiratory Infections

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Pulmonary Cytopathology

Part of the book series: Essentials in Cytopathology ((EICP,volume 15))

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Detailed descriptions of the cytologic manifestations of lung infections are presented, with illustrations of causative organisms. These include viruses (Herpes, Cytomegalovirus, Adenovirus), bacteria (Mycobacteria, Actinomyces), fungi (Candida, Cryptococcus, Aspergillus, Zygomycetes, Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Paracoccidioides, Sporotrichum, Pneumocystis jiroveci), and parasites (Strongyloides, Paragonimus, Dirofilaria).

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Yener S. Erozan MD

  2. Departments of Pathology - Laboratory Medicine & of Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA

    Ibrahim Ramzy MD

  3. Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Ibrahim Ramzy MD

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Erozan, Y.S., Ramzy, I. (2014). Respiratory Infections. In: Pulmonary Cytopathology. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7396-2_4

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