Infectious diseases in 30 days / [edited by] Frederick S. Southwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Southwick, Frederick S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases.

Communicable Diseases.

Bacterial Infections.

Medical Subjects:

Communicable Diseases.

Bacterial Infections.

Physical Description:

xii, 544 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Infectious diseases in thirty days

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2003]

Summary:

With this self-teaching reference residents learn a disease per day. Covers epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches, and treatment of adult human infections. Includes lucid accounts of each syndrome, clinical vignettes to illustrate common and complicated clinical points, key pathogenic characteristics of organisms, and useful figures and radiographs. An innovative bridge between general medicine textbooks and encyclopedic presentations. Perfect for the 30 day infectious disease clerkship.

Contents:

1 Anti-Infective Therapy 1

2 The Sepsis Syndrome 79

3 The Febrile Patient 90

4 Pulmonary Infections 107

5 Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections 154

6 Central Nervous System Infections 177

7 Cardiovascular Infections 212

8 Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Infections 240

9 Genitourinary Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) 289

10 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 319

11 Bone and Joint Infections 343

12 Parasitic Infections 361

13 Zoonotic Infections 399

14 Bioterrorism 430

15 Serious Adult Viral Illnesses Other Than Hiv 449

16 Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 467

17 Hiv Infection 477.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

007137518X

OCLC:

50340004

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