F.A. Davis Company

“I love the way the book is organized.”—Wendy Miller, MS, CLS(NSA), MT(ASCP)SI

“I enthusiastically support the author’s approach…I think this is a very valuable text…”—Stephen M. Johnson, MS, MT (ASCP)

Completely updated to include new information about the immune system and new treatments for immunological diseases! This practical introduction to clinical immunology covers all of the essential theoretical principles and the serology techniques most commonly used in the laboratory. Structured into easy-to-read, student-friendly sections, the 3rd Edition focuses on the direct application of theory to clinical laboratory practice.

With questions by Maribeth L. Flaws, Ph.D., SM(ASCP)SI, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois and Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, EdD, MT(ASCP), Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina

• The pedagogical structure for each chapterincludes…chapter outlines • key terms • objectives • multiple-choice review questions with answer keys case studies and • chapter summaries.
• Case studies make topics more relevant and help to explain the “big picture.”
• Each chapter is a complete learning  module that contains theoretic principles, illustrations, definitions of relevant terminology, procedures for simulated clinical testing, and questions and case studies that help to evaluate learning.
• An insert features full-color slides that visually demonstrate what to expect in the lab and show the relationship between immunology and hematology.
• Updated references and additional lab exercises reflect changes in immunology
  and serology.
• Lab exercises designed to illustrate and reinforce principles discussed in the chapters.

1. I. Nature Of The Immune System
2. 1. Introduction and Natural Immunity
   2. Lymphoid System
   3. Nature of Antigens and Major Histocompatibility Complex
   4. Antibody Structure and Function
   5. Cytokines
   6. Complement System
      
      
3. II. Basic Immunological Procedures
4. 7. Safety and Specimen Preparation
   8. Precipitation Reactions
   9. Agglutination
   10. Labeled Immunoassays
   11. Molecular Techniques
   12. Flow Cytometry and Laboratory Automation
       
       
5. III. Immune Disorders.
6. 13. Hypersensitivity
   14. Autoimmunity
   15. Immunoproliferative Diseases
   16. Immunodeficiency Disease
   17. Transplantation Immunology
   18. Tumor Immunology
       
       
7. IV. Serological Diagnosis Of Infectious Disease.
8. 19. Serologic and Molecular Detection of Bacterial Infections
   20. Serology of Parasitic and Fungal Infections
   21. Spirochete Diseases
   22. Serology and Molecular Detection of Viral Infections
   23. Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection
       
       

Glossary
Answer Key
Index

• New chapter on automated assays with expanded coverage of flow cytometry.
• New chapter on immune response to bacterial infections.
• Expanded chapters on fungal and parasitic infections and molecular techniques.
• More figures and more cases.