Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
2nd Edition
Published in January 1985
Book
Hardback
1790 pages
978-0-471-87643-4 (ISBN)
Description
A completely revised and expanded new edition be published because of the rapid changes in the field of infectious diseases. The basic organization of the book remains unchanged, but this new edition has been converted from a two-volume to a one-volume format, containing more text and illustrations. Major changes and additions have been made to the content and placement of chapters. For example, new chapters have been added on the following areas: toxins and adherence as microbial virulence factors, pharmacokinetics, rifampin, metronidazole, tables of anti-microbial agent pharmacology, acute laryngotracheobronchitis, Lyme disease, noscomial herpes virus infections, infections in homosexuals, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), infections in marrow recipients, infections in organ transplant recipients, and prevention and empiric therapy of infection in immunocompromised hosts.
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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
illustrations, maps, index
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 220 mm
Weight
3515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-87643-4 (9780471876434)
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Gerald L. Mandell | etc. | R.G. Douglas
Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
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03/1989
Churchill Livingstone
€173.32
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Content
PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Microbial Virulence Factors; Host Defense Mechanisms; Epidemiology of Infectious Disease; The Clinician and the Microbiology Laboratory; Anti-Infective Therapy; PART II: MAJOR CLINICAL SYNDROMES: Fever; Upper Respiratory Infections; Pleuropulmonary and Bronchial Infections; Cardiovascular Infections; Central Nervous System Infections; Skin and Soft Tissue Infections; Infections Related to Trauma; Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning; Bone and Joint Infections; Diseases of the Reproductive Organs and Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Eye Infections; Hepatitis; PART III: INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THEIR ETIOLOGIC AGENTS: Viral Diseases; Chlamydial Diseases; Mycoplasma Diseases; Rickettsiosis; Bacterial Diseases; Mycoses; Protozoal Diseases; Diseases Due to Helminths; Ectoparasites; Diseases of Unknown Etiology; PART IV: SPECIAL PROBLEMS: Nosocomial Infections; Infections in Special Hosts; Index.