Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine
4th Edition
Published on 4. April 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-632-03839-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a core text of tropical medicine with an emphasis on the practical aspects of problem-solving in the tropics. It is a practical companion for the increasing number of medical students and junior doctors who have the opportunity to practice medicine in the tropics. This edition includes more case histories and self-assessment questions which put the subject into a clinical, problem-based context. For many, the limited laboratory backup and choice of effective treatments places a greater burden on their clinical common sense than might otherwise be the case. This book tells you what the effective doctor would do when confronted by an ill patient. It presents a concise account of the conditions which cause serious tropical disease and concentrates upon those conditions which are treatable.
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Series
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
44
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-03839-8 (9780632038398)
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Content
Section 1: Diseases Commonly Presenting as Fevers:; Malaria; Visceral Leishmaniasis; African Trypanosomiasis; South American Trypanomiasis (Chagas'Disease); Relapsing Fever; Rickettsial Infections; Arbovirus and Rodent-Borne Infections, and Rabies; Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers (Enteric Fevers); Tuberculosis in the Tropics; HIV Infection and Disease in the Tropics; Fevers in General; Section 2: Diseases Commonly Presenting as Diarrhoea:; Amoebiasis; Giardiasis; Balantidiasis; Cholera; Diarrhoea in General; Section 3: Soil-Transmitted Helminths:; Ascaris lubricoides - The Large Round Worm Hookworm; Trichuris (Trichocephalus) Trichiura - The Whip Worm; Strongyloides stercoralis; Toxocara canis (andcati); Section 4: Tapeworms:; Taeniasaginata - The Beef Tapeworm; Taenia solium - The Pork Tapeworm; Hydatid Disease - Echinococcus Infecti ons; Section 5: Flukes:; Blood Flukes - Schistosomes; Oriental Liver Flukes; Lung Flukes; Intestinal Flukes; Section 6: The Filarial Worms:; Wuchereia Bancrofti; Brugia Malayi; Loa Loa; Onchoerca Volvulus; Dracunculus Medinensis - Guinea Worm Infection; Tropical Eosinophillia Syndrome; Section 7: Anaemia in the Tropics:; Anaemia in the Tropics; Section 8: Leprosy:; Leprosy; Section 9: Tropical Skin Conditions:; Tropical Ulcers; Buruli Ulcer; Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; Ulcers in General; Itchy Skin Lesions in the Tropics; Miscellaneous Exotic Conditions; Section 10: Snake Bite:; Snake Bite; Appendix - Answers; Index