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The infectious diseases manual / David Wilks, Mark Farrington, David Rubenstein.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RC111 .W68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilks, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Communicable diseases.
- Infection.
- Infection--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical microbiology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical microbiology.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- v, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2003.
- Summary:
- The Infectious Diseases Manual is a concise and up-to-date guide to infectious diseases, medical microbiology and antibiotic prescribing. It brings together information about all aspects of infectious diseases into one accessible volume and balances practical information with scientific content. It will enable the reader to manage both common and uncommon infectious diseases more effectively and economically.
- Contents:
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Mycobacteria and mycobacterial infections
- Cardiac infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Hepatitis
- Urinary tract infection
- Gynaecological and obstetric infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
- CNS infections
- Eye infections
- Skin infections
- Bone and joint infections
- Paediatric infections
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Infections in the immunocompromised host
- Fever
- Septic shock
- Pre-travel advice
- Tropical medicine and the returning traveller
- Protozoa
- Helminths
- Staphylococci
- Streptococci and their relatives
- Aerobic gram-positive rods
- Coliforms (syn. enterobacteria, enterobacteriaceae)
- Vibrios
- Campylobacters
- Pseudomonads
- Fastidious gram-negative organisms
- Anaerobes
- Spirochaetes
- Mycoplasmas, chlamydias and rickettsias
- Virology
- Fungi
- Antibiotics : theory, usage and abuse
- Antibiotics : classification and dosing guidelines
- Bioterrorism agents
- Immunization schedule.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 063206417X
- OCLC:
- 50477356
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