Infectious diseases : the clinician's guide to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention / edited by David C. Dale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dale, David C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases.

Communicable Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Communicable Diseases.

Physical Description:

xiii, 716 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : WebMD, [2003]

Contents:

1 Hyperthermia, Fever, and Fever of Undetermined Origin / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 1

2 Chemotherapy of Infection / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 17

3 Bioterrorism / Jeffrey S. Duchin, M.D. 52

Clinical Syndromes

4 Sepsis / Steven M. Opal, M.D., Christian E. Huber, M.D. 77

5 Bacterial Infections of the Upper Respiratory Tract / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 94

6 Pulmonary Infections / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 107

7 Infective Endocarditis / Adolf W. Karchmer, M.D. 122

8 Peritonitis and Intra-abdominal Abscesses / Harvey B. Simon, M.D., Morton N. Swartz, M.D. 144

9 Infections of the Urinary Tract / Kalpana Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., Walter E. Stamm, M.D. 154

10 Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Matthew R. Golden, M.D., M.P.H. 168

11 Septic Arthritis / Brian F. Mandell, M.D., Ph.D. 186

12 Osteomyelitis / Layne O. Gentry, M.D. 198

13 Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System / Jan V. Hirschmann, M.D. 209

14 HIV and AIDS / David H. Spach, M.D. 224

Organisms Causing Infectious Diseases

15 Infections Due to Gram-Positive Cocci / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 254

16 Infections Due to Gram-Positive Bacilli / Frederick S. Southwick, M.D. 277

17 Anaerobic Infections / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 295

18 Infections Due to Neisseria / Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H. 312

19 Infections Due to Escherichia coli and Other Enteric Gram-Negative Bacilli / Michael S. Donnenberg, M.D. 325

20 Infections Due to the Enteric Pathogens Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, Vibrio, and Helicobacter / Marcia B. Goldberg, M.D. 336

21 Infections Due to Haemophilus, Moraxella, Legionella, Bordetella, and Pseudomonas / Shawn J. Skerrett, M.D. 353

22 Infections Due to Brucella, Francisella, Yersinia pestis, and Bartonella / W. Conrad Liles, M.D., Ph.D. 376

23 Infections Due to Mycobacteria / Harvey B. Simon, M.D. 391

24 Syphilis and the Nonvenereal Treponematoses / Michael Augenbraun, M.D. 416

25 Leptospirosis, Relapsing Fever, Rat-Bite Fever, and Lyme Disease / David A. Relman, M.D. 436

26 Rickettsial Diseases and Q Fever / David A. Relman, M.D., Morton N. Swartz, M.D. 452

27 Infections Due to Mycoplasmas / David A. Relman, M.D. 469

28 Diseases Due to Chlamydia / Walter E. Stamm, M.D. 478

29 Herpesvirus Infections / Martin S. Hirsch, M.D. 490

30 Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Parvovirus, and Poxvirus / Martin S. Hirsch, M.D. 505

31 Respiratory Viral Infections / Frederick G. Hayden, M.D., Michael G. Ison, M.D. 514

32 Enteric Viral Infections / Nino Khetsuriani, M.D., Ph.D., Umesh D. Parashar, M.D., M.P.H. 533

33 Human Retroviral Infections / Robert W. Coombs, M.D., Ph.D. 545

34 Viral Zoonoses / Duane J. Gubler, Sc.D., Lyle R. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H. 568

35 Acute Viral Central Nervous System Diseases / Donald H. Gilden, M.D. 586

36 Central Nervous System Diseases Due to Slow Viruses and Prions / Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, M.D. 599

37 Mycotic Infections / Carol A. Kauffman, M.D. 608

38 Mycotic Infections in the Compromised Host / Jo-Anne van Burik, M.D. 628

39 Protozoan Infections / Peter F. Weller, M.D. 651

40 Helminthic Infections / Peter F. Weller, M.D. 676

Appendix Summary of Recommendations for Adult Immunization 701.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0970390262

OCLC:

51936993