Full Description
This core text provides an excellent concise introduction to infectious diseases. The book integrates basic science with clinical practice with disease-orientated descriptions and clinical presentations on a system-by-system basis. It is therefore ideal for both the student and the practitioner.
For this new sixth edition the text has been brought fully up to date throughout. The highly structured and improved text is designed to facilitate easy access to information, making the book an ideal resource for clinical attachments and revision. There is a new chapter that covers infections in special groups, as well as coverage of sepsis and septic shock. The Introductory chapter also takes into account new control measures, emerging infections, and infections linked with bioterrorism. Information on global occurrence is added to the epidemiology sections where relevant and web site information has been included to provide up-to-date resources on fast moving topics such as AIDS, and travel-related infections such as SARS.
The result is a text that is a compact yet comprehensive guide to infectious diseases. It will appeal to medical students, junior doctors, general practitioners, and allied health professionals who want a concise introduction to the subject or an ideal revision companion.
Contents
Preface v
List of Abbreviations vii
Genus Abbreviations x
Section 1: General Topics
1 Introduction 3
2 Host Response to Infection and Immunization 8
3 Chemotherapy 14
Section 2: System-Bases Infections
4 Eye and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 25
5 Lower Respiratory Tract Infections 42
6 Infections of the Cardiovascular System 64
7 Infections of the Nervous System 71
8 Rashes, and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 90
9 Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract 118
10 Infections of the Liver and Biliary Tract 140
11 Infections of the Genitourinary Tract 155
12 Bone and Joint Infections 164
Section 3: Multisystem Infections
13 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 169
14 Tuberculosis 187
15 Systemic Mycosis 195
Section 4: Infection in Special Groups, Zoonoses, Tropical Diseases and Helminths
16 Infection in Special Groups 203
17 Tropical Infections and Non-helminthic Zoonoses 215
18 Helminthiasis 240
Index 251