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By Gail L. Woods and Yezid Guitierrez, with David H. Walker, David T. Purtilo, and John D. Shanley. 656 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1993. $95. ISBN 0-8121-1604-6.

In the brave new world of the immunocompromised host, we are faced with infections by ever more exotic organisms, as well as novel patterns of disease caused by agents we thought we understood. Moreover, drug-resistant strains of conventional organisms have resulted in the reemergence of diseases we had gratefully consigned to history. It is with relief, therefore, that the beleaguered pathologist can turn to two new books on the diagnostic pathology of infectious diseases. One, reflecting a lifetime of experience by Dr. Franz von Lichtenberg (Pathology of Infectious Diseases. New York: Raven Press, 1991), is geared to the specialist in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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