Infectious Diseases

Donald Armstrong is an immensely experienced and well-respected clinician and teacher, now sem
-retired but still working part-time in the busy setting of Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City, wher he is Chief of the ID service. Known especially for his work on AIDS and the immunocompromised host, he is Past President of the Infectious Disease Society of America.

Jonathan Cohen is one of the few Professors of ID in the UK. Extremely dynamic, he is the founder member and Chairman of the Clinical Infection Society and is internationally respected for his work on sepsis.

Both Lead Editors have worked extensively outside their native countries, Donald Armstrong in China and Thailand, Jonathan Cohen in the USA.

Volume I Section 1 Introduction to Infectious Diseases (5 chapters) Section 2 Syndromes by Body System (68 chapters) SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM THE EYE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM BONE AND JOINTS BLOODSTREAM, HEART AND VESSELS OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC INFECTIONS URINARY TRACT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES Section 3 Special Problems in Infectious Disease Practice (14 chapters) Section 4 Infections in the Immunocompromised Host (9 chapters) Volume II Section 5 HIV and AIDS (28 chapters) PREVENTION PATHOGENESIS CLINICAL PRESENTATION AIDS IN WOMEN AND INFANTS DIAGNOSIS HIV THERAPY Section 6 Geographic and Travel Medicine (34 chapters) SYNDROMES IN THE RETURNED TRAVELER MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES BY BODY SYSTEM Skin and Soft Tissue The Central Nervous System The Gastrointesinal Tract Systemic Infections Section 7 Anti-Infective Therapy (19 chapters) Section 8 Clinical Microbiology (36 chapters) VIRUSES BACTERIA FUNGI PARASITES