Key Facts in Infection
Published on 27. May 1993
Book
Spiral bound
38 pages
978-0-443-04854-8 (ISBN)
Description
Designed to be suited to daily use, this short, pocket-sized book contains essential key facts and data in tabulated form covering topics in infection. It should be useful to GPs as a quick and easy source of reference in the surgery, as well as being an aid to medical students.
Designed to be suited to daily use, this short, pocket-sized book contains essential key facts and data in tabulated form covering topics in infection. It should be useful to GPs as a quick and easy source of reference in the surgery, as well as being an aid to medical students.
Designed to be suited to daily use, this short, pocket-sized book contains essential key facts and data in tabulated form covering topics in infection. It should be useful to GPs as a quick and easy source of reference in the surgery, as well as being an aid to medical students.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 line drawings, index
Dimensions
Height: 15 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
115 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-04854-8 (9780443048548)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
M. R. Millar | E. Davies
Key Facts in Infection: Pharma Ed
Book
03/1993
Churchill Livingstone
€3.71
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Content
Definition, mechanism, indicators of infection; mechanisms by which microbes cause disease; diagnosis of specific infections; pyrexia without localizing signs; pyrexia of unknown origin; travel-associated infections; infections spread by insects (arthropods); principles of immunization; bacteriuria, urinary tract infection and sterile pyuria; respiratory tract infections; community-accquired pneumonia; gastrointestinal infections; food poisoning; viral hepatitis; bacteraemia, septicaemia and meningitis; sexually transmitted diseases; infection in the immunocompromised; infecting agents associated with the immunocompromised; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); some skin infections and rashes; infections during pregnancy and delivery; hospital-acquired infections; sterilization and disinfection; surgical wound infections; worm infections; some agents that can be transmitted from animals or animal-derived products to man; some infections transmitted by water; oral antimicrobial agents; susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics; some interactions of antibiotics with other drugs; treatment of infections; use of antimicrobial agents for specific conditions.