Evidence-based infectious diseases

✍ Scribed by Daneman, Nick; Mertz, Dominik; Smaill, Fiona

• Publisher: Wiley/Blackwell
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Edition: Third edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by an international team of authors specializing in microbiology and infectious disease, this new edition of Evidenced-based Infectious Diseases presents practical, up-to-date information on the care of individual patients suffering from infectious diseases. Each chapter addresses a series of focused clinical questions addressed in a systematic fashion, including a comprehensive literature search, and a rating of the quality of evidence using principles of the GRADE framework. Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases is the ideal reference work for all those involved with microbiology, infectious diseases, and clinical management.  Read more...

Abstract: Written by an international team of authors specializing in microbiology and infectious disease, this new edition of Evidenced-based Infectious Diseases presents practical, up-to-date information on the care of individual patients suffering from infectious diseases. Each chapter addresses a series of focused clinical questions addressed in a systematic fashion, including a comprehensive literature search, and a rating of the quality of evidence using principles of the GRADE framework. Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases is the ideal reference work for all those involved with microbiology, infectious diseases, and clinical management

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Introduction to Evidence-based Infectious Diseases / Dominik Mertz, Nick Daneman, Fiona Smaill --
Specific Diseases. Skin and Soft-tissue Infections / Douglas Austgarden, Guilio DiDiodato --
Bone and Joint Infections / Nora Renz, Andrej Trampuz --
Infective Endocarditis / Bahareh Ghadaki, Deborah Yamamura --
Meningitis and Encephalitis / Christopher E Kandel, Wayne L Gold --
Community-acquired Pneumonia / Mark Downing, Jennie Johnstone --
Healthcare-associated Pneumonia / Jennie Johnstone, Mark Downing --
Tuberculosis / Peter Daley, Marek Smieja --
Clostridium Difficile Infection in Adults / Louis Valiquette --
Urinary Tract Infections / Thomas Fekete --
Sexually Transmitted Infections / Courtney A Thompson, Darrell H S Tan, Kaede Sullivan --
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) / Ali Amini, Monique Andersson, Ravindra Gupta, Brian Angus --
Hepatitis / Lise Bondy, Michael S Silverman --
Influenza / Ashley Roberts, Joanne M Langley --
Critical Care / Bram Rochwerg, Jocelyn A Srigley --
Special Populations. Infection Prevention and Control / Graham M Snyder, Eli N Perencevich --
Antimicrobial Stewardship / Alainna J Jamal, Andrew M Morris --
Infections in Neutropenic Hosts / Eric J Bow --
Infections in General Surgery / Paul A Moroz, Christine H Lee --
Infections in Healthcare Workers / Gregory W Rose.

✦ Subjects

Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis.;Communicable Diseases -- therapy.;Evidence-Based Medicine.;Communicable diseases.;Evidence-based medicine.;HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.;MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.;MEDICAL -- Diseases.;MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.;MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.