Tropical diseases : a practical guide for medical practitioners and students / Yann A. Meunier ; with contributions from Michael Hole, Takudzwa Shumba & B.J. Swanner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meunier, Yann A., author.

Hole, Michael, author.

Shumba, Takudzwa, author.

Swanner, B. J., author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Dr. William McDowell Mastin Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tropical medicine.

Tropical Medicine.

Travel.

Medical Subjects:

Tropical Medicine.

Travel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 386 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Tropical Diseases outlines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases encountered in developing regions, where Western medical capabilities are often unavailable. Diseases profiled here come with a brief historical background, main signs and symptoms, and practical methods of individual prevention and treatment. Taking a pragmatic approach, it is an invaluable reference and resource for medical professionals and students travelling abroad or working in unfamiliar terrain and resource-limited settings. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Parasitic Diseases

(A) Adult Parasite Location 1

Blood and Lymphatic Systems 1

Filariasis (Lymphatic) 1

Leishmaniasis (Visceral, or Kala-Azar, or Dum Dum Disease) 4

Malaria (Blackwater Fever) 7

Trypanosomiasis (African, or Sleeping Sickness) 15

Trypanosomiasis (American, or Chagas disease) 19

Digestive Tract 22

Amebiasis 22

Intestinal Amebiasis 22

Liver Amebiasis 24

Ameboma 25

Ancylostomiasis (or Hookworm Infection) 27

Ascariasis 30

Balantidiasis (or Balantidiosis) 32

Distomatosis (Biliary/Liver, or Biliary/Liver Fluke Infection) 32

Distomatosis (Intestinal) 37

Giardiasis (Beaver Fever) 39

Schistosomiasis (Intestinal) 40

Strongyloidiasis 46

Trichuriasis (Whipworm Infection) 49

Lungs 49

Paragonimiasis (or Lung Fluke Infection) 49

Nails and Hair 52

Candidiasis (or Moniliasis) 52

Dermatophytosis 52

Pediculosis Capitis (or Head Lice) 53

Pthiriasis (or Crabs) 54

Tinea Capitis (or Head Ringworm) 54

Sexual Organs 55

Candidiasis (or Moniliasis) 55

Trichomoniasis 56

Skin and Integumentary System 58

Candidiasis (or Moniliasis) 58

Dermatophytosis 58

Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease, Guinea Worm Infection, or Dracontiasis) 59

Leishmaniasis (Cutaneous) 63

Leishmaniasis (Mucocutaneous) 67

Loiasis (or African Eyeworm) 70

Malasseziosis (or Pityriasis Versicolor) 73

Myiasis (or Tumba Fly) 73

Onchocerciasis (or River Blindness) 76

Pediculosis Corporis (or Body Lice) 80

Scabies (or Norwegian Itch) 80

Tinea Nigra Palmis and Plantaris 82

Tungiasis 82

Urinary Tract 85

Schistosomiasis (Urinary) 85

(B) Parasitic Dead Ends and Larval Diseases 89

Angiostrongyliasis 89

Cenurosis 91

Cysticercosis 91

Gnathostomiasis 94

Hydatidosis 96

Larva Migrans (Cutaneous, or Creeping Eruption) 99

Linguatulosis 100

Porocephalosis 100

Sparganosis 101

Toxocariasis (Toxocarosis, Visceral Larva Migrans or Roundworm Infection) 103

Trichinosis (or Trichinellosis) 104

Part 2 Deep Fungal Diseases

Basidiobolomycosis 107

Blastomycosis (North American or Gilchrist Disease or Chicago Disease) 109

Blastomycosis (South American or Lutz-Splendore-Almeida Disease) 110

Chromomycosis 113

Coccidioidomycosis (or Posadas-Wernicke, or Posadas-Rixford Disease) 115

Conidiobolomycosis 118

Histoplasmosis (African) 120

Histoplasmosis (American or Darling Disease) 123

Lobomycosis (or Jorge Lobo Disease) 127

Mycetoma (or Madura Foot) 129

Pythiosis 132

Rhinosporidiosis 134

Scytalidiosis 136

Part 3 Bacterial, Chlamydial, and Prion Diseases

Bacterial Diseases 139

Anthrax 139

Bartonellosis (or Carrion Disease) 141

Bejel (or Endemic Syphilis) 143

Buruli Ulcers (or Bairnsdale, Daintree, Mossman, or Searls Ulcer, or Mycoburuli Ulcers) 144

Chancroid (or Soft Chancre or Ulcus Molle) 146

Cholera 146

Diphtheria 152

Gonorrhea (or Clap) 153

Granuloma Inguinale (or Donovan Disease) 155

Leprosy (or Hansen Disease) 159

Leptospirosis (or Weil Disease or Nanukayami Fever) 162

Melioidosis (or Whitmore Disease) 163

Meningococcal Meningitis 167

Pertussis (or Whooping Cough) 170

Pinta (or Carate) 171

Plague (or Black Death) 174

Pneumococcal Disease 177

Salmonellosis (Typhoid Fever or Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever) 182

Salmonellosis (Salmonella gastroenteritis) 187

Shigellosis 188

Syphilis (or Hard Chancre) 190

Tuberculosis 192

Yaws (Pian, Parangi, Paru, or Frambesia Tropica) 195

Chlamydial Diseases 196

Lymphogranuloma Venereum (or Nicholas-Favre-Durand Disease) 196

Trachoma (or Granular Conjunctivitis or Egyptian Ophthalmia) 199

Urethritis and Cervicitis 201

Prion Disease 202

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 202

Part 4 Viral Diseases

Common Diseases 205

Dengue Fever (or Breakbone Fever) 205

Hepatitis 209

Herpes Simplex (or Cold or Fever Sore) 215

HIV/Aids 216

Influenza (or Flu) 225

Measles 227

Poliomyelitis (or Polio) 229

Yellow Fever (or Black Vomit) 232

Rare Diseases 235

Arboviral Diseases 235

Arenaviral Diseases 237

Bunyaviral Diseases 239

Coronaviral Disease 242

Filoviral Diseases 243

Flaviviral Diseases 245

Paramyxoviral Diseases 246

Reoviral Diseases 247

Rhabdoviral Diseases 249

Togaviral Diseases 250

Part 5 Tropical Health Hazards

Animal-Induced Diseases 253

Bees and Hymenoptera 253

Butterflies 254

Cats 256

Centipedes 260

Dogs 260

Fish 265

Fleas 266

Jellyfish, Sea Anemones, and Physaliae 269

Leeches 269

Lice 270

Mollusks 274

Muraenae (or Moray Eels) 274

Rats 275

Scorpions 276

Snakes 277

Spiders 278

Ticks 279

Trombiculidae 282

Exotic Food Poisoning 284

Ciguatera 284

Ichthyosarcotoxisms (Other) 287

Fish Poisoning 287

Mushroom Poisoning 288

Heat-Related Illnesses 290

Heat Asthenia (or Tropical Anhidrotic Asthenia) 290

Heat Exhaustion 290

Heat Stroke 291

Miliaria (or Prickly Heat) 292

Travelers and Tropical Diseases 292

Precautions to Take Before, During and after Traveling 294

Traveler's Diarrhea (or Turista) 297

Antibiotic Resistance 299

Addendum 303

Differential Diagnosis 303

International Generic and Brand Names of Drugs 306

Contraindications for Drugs 314

List of FDA-Approved Vaccines 333

List of Vaccines Available in France 336

Link to Major International Health-Care Organizations 338

Map and Table Index 339

Patient Cases Index 341

Disease Index 343

Symptom Index 347

Meaning of Abbreviations 367.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. William McDowell Mastin Fund.

ISBN:

0199997918

9780199997916

Publisher Number:

99956722010

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