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Cutaneous infestations and insect bites / edited by Milton Orkin, Howard I. Maibach.
LIBRA RC119.5 .C86 1985
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Dermatology (Marcel Dekker, Inc.)
- Dermatology ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ectoparasitic infestations.
- Bites and stings.
- Arthropoda.
- Arthropods.
- Ectoparasitic Infestations.
- Insect Bites and Stings.
- Lice Infestations.
- Scabies.
- Skin Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Arthropods.
- Ectoparasitic Infestations.
- Insect Bites and Stings.
- Lice Infestations.
- Scabies.
- Skin Diseases.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 321 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dekker, [1985]
- Summary:
- This outstanding source, presents -- in one convenient volume -- the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of changes due to infestation with scabies, and pediculosis, and secondary to arthropod bites including other mites, mosquitos, fleas, bees, spiders, and many others. Detailed in this text are clinical manifestations of scabies, pediculosis, and other arthropod bites, as well as their epidemiology, modes of transmission, pathogenesis including possible immunologic mechanism, therapy and prevention. This mandatory volume assures authoritative, state-of-the-art information for dermatologists, family practitioners, pediatricians and other primary care physicians, entomologists, epidemiologists, parasitologists, infectious disease specialists, public health workers, specialists in preventive medicine, medical and graduate students in these disciplines, and undergraduate students in biology, zoology, and parasitology.
- Contents:
- Part I Cutaneous Infestations: Scabies
- 1. History of Scabies / Lawrence Charles Parish 3
- 2. Biology of the Parasite / Kenneth Mellanby 9
- 3. Scabies: Clinical Aspects / Ervin Epstein, Sr., Milton Orkin 19
- 4. Special Forms of Scabies / Milton Orkin 25
- 5. Scabies in Infants and Children / Sidney Hurwitz 31
- 6. Acute Glomerulonephritis As a Complication of Scabies / Elizabeth V. Potter, Richard Mayon-White, Mauri Svartman, Stella Abidh, Theo Poon-King, David P. Earle 49
- 7. Scabies: A Sexually Transmitted Disease / Yehudi M. Felman 63
- 8. Epidemiology of Scabies / Kenneth Mellanby 71
- 9. The Immune System in Scabies / Mark V. Dahl 75
- 10. Histopathology of Human Scabies / A. Bernard Ackerman 85
- 11. Laboratory Diagnosis of Scabies / Milton Orkin 95
- 12. Earlier Treatments for Scabies / Rees B. Rees 101
- 13. Treatment of Today's Scabies / Milton Orkin, Howard I. Maibach 103
- 14. Adverse Reactions to Treatment / Howard I. Maibach, Milton Orkin 109
- 15. Scabies: Therapy on the Horizon / Howard I. Maibach, Milton Orkin 119
- 16. Scabies in Animals / Robert M. Schwartzman 125
- 17. Delusions of Parasitosis / Alan Lyell 131
- 18. Scabies Control in Institutions / Dennis D. Juranek, Russell W. Currier, Larry E. Millikan 139
- Part II Cutaneous Infestations: Pediculosis
- 19. History of Pediculosis / Lawrence Charles Parish 159
- 20. Pediculosis: Biology of the Parasites / James R. Busvine 163
- 21. Pediculosis: Clinical Aspects / Ervin Epstein, Sr., Milton Orkin 175
- 22. Epidemiology of Louse Infestations / Norman G. Gratz 187
- 23. Pediculus capitis in School Children: Epidemiologic Trends, Risk Factors, and Recommendations for Control / Dennis D. Juranek 199
- 24. Treatment of Today's Pediculosis / Milton Orkin, Howard I. Maibach 213
- 25. Treatment Resistance in Louse Control / Norman G. Gratz 219
- 26. Pediculosis: Treatments on the Horizon / James R. Busvine 231
- Part III Arthropod Bites
- 27. Arthropod Bites / Arthur Rook 241.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824772733
- OCLC:
- 11344219
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