Infections of the gastrointestinal tract

• Other Authors: Blaser, Martin J. (Editor), Smith, Phillip D. (Editor), Ravdin, Jonathan I. (Editor), Greenberg, Harry B. (Editor), Guerrant, Richard L. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2002
• Edition: Second Edition
• Subjects: Gastrointestinal Diseases; Communicable Diseases; aInfections
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• Physical Description: xvi, 1319 pages illustrations (some colour) 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780781728478; 0781728479

This completely updated Second Edition examines the gastrointestinal tract in relation to both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. This edition features discussion on the many infections faced by adult and pediatric populations. New chapters cover Cyclospora and advances in clinical microbiology related to enteric pathogenesis. Other chapters cover diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of diseases and consider current effective therapy, pharmacology, prophylaxis, and vaccines. In the book world renowned authors and editors present state of the art summaries of each field