The Infectious Diseases Manual (eBook)

David Wilks is the author of The Infectious Diseases Manual, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Mark Farrington is the author of The Infectious Diseases Manual, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. David Rubenstein is the author of The Infectious Diseases Manual, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Section I: Introduction.

1. Introduction.

Section II: Clinical Infectious Diseases.

2. Upper respiratory tract infections.

3. Lower respiratory tract infections.

4. Mycobacteria and mycobacterial infections.

5. Cardiac infections.

6. Gastrointestinal infections.

7. Hepatitis.

8. Urinary tract infection (UTI).

9. Gynecological and obstetric infections,.

10. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

11. CNS infections.

12. Eye infections.

13. Skin infections.

14. Bone and joint infections.

15. Paediatric infections.

16. Human immune deficiency virus (HIV).

17. Infections in the immunocompromised host.

18. Fever.

19. Septic Shock.

Section III: Tropical and Travel Medicine.

20. Pre-travel advice.

21. Tropical medicine and the returning traveler.

22. Protozoa.

23. Helminths.

Section IV: Microbiology.

24. Staphylococci.

25. Streptococci and their relatives.

26. Aerobic Gram-positive rods.

27. Coliforms (syn. enterobacteria, Enterobacteriaceae).

28. Vibrios.

29. Campylobacters.

30. Pseudomonads.

31. Fastidious Gram-negative organism.

32. Anaerobes.

33. Spirochaetes.

34. Mycoplasmas, Chlamydias and rickettsias.

35. Virology.

36. Fungi.

Section V: Antibiotic Therapy.

37. Antibiotics: Theory, usage and abuse.

38. Antibiotics: Classification and dosing guidelines.

Appendix 1: Bioterrorism agents.

Appendix 2: Immunization schedule.

Index.

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Infection



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Journal of Medical Microbiology