Infectious Diseases Manual

✍ Scribed by David Wilks, Mark Farrington, David Rubenstein

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 440
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Infectious Diseases Manual is a concise and up-to-date guide to infectious diseases, medical microbiology and antibiotic prescribing"I have no hesitation in recommending this book to practitioners of all grades."Journal of Hospital Infection".....a valuable companion.......should not be missing in any medical library."Infection"...... an excellent and extremely portable reference text..." Journal of Medical MicrobiologyWHY BUY THIS BOOK?Invaluable source of reference for day-to-day clinical useIntegrated information about clinical infectious diseases, microbiology and antibiotic prescribingClear and systematic layout using a standard format for each section allowing rapid access to key information

✦ Table of Contents

The Infectious Diseases Manual......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Section I: Introduction......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 11
Section II: Clinical Infectious Diseases......Page 23
2 Upper respiratory tract infections......Page 25
3 Lower respiratory tract infections......Page 31
4 Mycobacteria and mycobacterial infections......Page 45
5 Cardiac infections......Page 57
6 Gastrointestinal infections......Page 65
7 Hepatitis......Page 78
8 Urinary tract infection (UTI)......Page 85
9 Gynaecological and obstetric infections......Page 90
10 Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)......Page 94
11 CNS infections......Page 104
12 Eye infections......Page 112
13 Skin infections......Page 119
14 Bone and joint infections......Page 128
15 Paediatric infections......Page 134
16 Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)......Page 151
17 Infections in the immunocompromised host......Page 178
18 Fever......Page 187
19 Septic shock......Page 193
Section III: Tropical and Travel Medicine......Page 197
20 Pre-travel advice......Page 199
21 Tropical medicine and the returning traveller......Page 214
22 Protozoa......Page 237
23 Helminths......Page 241
Section IV: Microbiology......Page 253
Bacteria......Page 255
24 Staphylococci......Page 257
25 Streptococci and their relatives......Page 262
26 Aerobic Gram-positive rods......Page 271
27 Coliforms (syn. enterobacteria, Enterobacteriaceae)......Page 281
28 Vibrios......Page 293
29 Campylobacters......Page 296
30 Pseudomonads......Page 299
31 Fastidious Gram-negative organisms......Page 304
32 Anaerobes......Page 320
33 Spirochaetes......Page 330
34 Mycoplasmas, chlamydias and rickettsias......Page 337
35 Virology......Page 342
36 Fungi......Page 371
Section V: Antibiotic Therapy......Page 387
37 Antibiotics: theory, usage and abuse......Page 389
38 Antibiotics: Classification and dosing guidelines......Page 399
Appendix 1: Bioterrorism agents......Page 423
Appendix 2: Immunization schedule......Page 425
Index......Page 427