Infectious Diseases
Text and Colour Atlas
Mosby (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published in November 1991
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-0-397-44718-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an updated and revised version of "Infectious Diseases Illustrated". Colour photographs and diagrams accompany a text describing aetiology, epidemiology, clinical aspects of disease and diagnostic procedures. This book explores both common and rare infectious diseases, and offers illustrations of radiology, gross and microscopic pathology, and pathogenic micro-organisms. This new edition includes more, mainly new photographs; advances in identification, classification and treatment; additional information on epidemiology, aetiology, non-A/non-B hepatitis; and a new chapter on HIV infection.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
1082 colour photographs, 243 b&w photographs, 23 colour illustrations, 96 line drawings, 27 tables
Dimensions
Height: 307 mm
Width: 252 mm
Weight
2180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-397-44718-3 (9780397447183)
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Author
Editor
Infectious Diseases Division, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
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Content
Head and neck, J. Innes; lower respiratory tract, J. Innes; nervous system, E. Farrar; gastro-intestinal tract, E. Farrar; liver and biliary tract, E. Farrar; urinary tract, M. Wood; genital tract; M. Wood, bones and joints, M. Wood; cardiovascular system, H. Tubbs; skin and soft tissue - bacterial, protozoal and helminth infections, M. Wood; skin and soft tissue - viral, fungal and ectoparasitic infections, M. Wood; eye, M. Wood; systemic infections, H. Tubbs; HIV infection, E. Farrar.