The infectious diseases manual

• Main Authors: Wilks, David (Author), Farrington, Mark (Author), Rubenstein, David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, Mass. Blackwell Science 2003
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: Communicable Diseases > Handbooks
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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...

Table of 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
• CNS infections
• Eye infections
• Skin infections
• Bone and joint infections
• Paediatric infections
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency 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.