Infectious Diseases: A Case Study Approach

✍ Scribed by Jonathan Cho

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 166
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A new case-based approach to teaching infectious disease pharmacotherapy to pharmacy students

Reflecting the growing demand for healthcare providers versed in infectious disease pharmacotherapy, this innovative new text provides an essential examination of the subject through patient cases seen in actual practice. Assuming little prior knowledge of infectious diseases on the reader’s part, the text covers both common and uncommon presentations, as well as disease states not found in similar textbooks.

Infectious Diseases: A Case Study Approach includes multiple-choice questions along with detailed explanations for both correct and incorrect answer choices, and valuable insight into each disease state. With this valuable resource, pharmacy students will learn how to apply pharmacotherapy concepts to real-world situations.

Features:

• Coverage of myriad disease states, including bacterial infections, prosthetic joint infections, bite wounds, encephalitis, and sexually transmitted diseases
• Students will learn how to apply concepts to real-world situations
• Includes enlightening clinical pearls for numerous disease states
• Multiple-choice questions with complete answers, and more

✦ Table of Contents

Infectious Diseases A Case Study Approach......Page 1
Half Title......Page 3
NOTICE......Page 4
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 11
Chapter 1 Influenza......Page 13
Chapter 2 Acute Otitis Media......Page 17
Chapter 3 Acute Bronchitis......Page 21
Chapter 4 Pharyngitis......Page 25
Chapter 5 CommunityAcquired Pneumonia......Page 29
Chapter 6 Hospital-Acquired and VentilatorAssociated Pneumonia......Page 33
Chapter 7 Cystitis......Page 37
Chapter 8 Pyelonephritis......Page 41
Chapter 9 Bacterial Meningitis......Page 45
Chapter 10 Viral Encephalitis......Page 49
Chapter 11 Infective Endocarditis......Page 53
Chapter 12 Sepsis......Page 59
Chapter 13 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Opportunistic Infections......Page 63
Chapter 14 Febrile Neutropenia......Page 67
Chapter 15 Skin and Soft Tissue Infection I......Page 73
Chapter 16 Skin and Soft Tissue Infection II......Page 79
Chapter 17 Necrotizing Fasciitis......Page 83
Chapter 18 Diabetic Foot Infection......Page 87
Chapter 19 Vertebral Osteomyelitis......Page 91
Chapter 20 Prosthetic Joint Infection......Page 95
Chapter 21 Intra-Abdominal Infections......Page 99
Chapter 22 Clostridioides difficile Infection......Page 103
Chapter 23 Traveler's Diarrhea......Page 107
Chapter 24 Hepatitis C......Page 111
Chapter 25 Syphilis......Page 115
Chapter 26 Herpes......Page 119
Chapter 27 Chlamydia and Gonorrhea......Page 123
Chapter 28 Bacterial Vaginosis, Vulvovaginal Candidiasis, and Trichomoniasis......Page 127
Chapter 29 Superficial Fungal Infections......Page 133
Chapter 30 Cryptococcus......Page 137
Chapter 31 Aspergil losis......Page 141
Chapter 32 Protozoans......Page 145
Chapter 33 Nematodes......Page 149
Chapter 34 Tuberculosis......Page 153
INDEX......Page 157

✦ Subjects

infectious disease; pharmacotherapy; pharmacy