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The infectious diseases manual /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilks, David
Other Authors: Farrington, Mark, Rubenstein, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2003.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Communicable Diseases > Handbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Upper respiratory tract infections
  • Lower respiratory tract infections
  • Mycobacteria and mycobacterial infections
  • Cardiac infections
  • Gastrointestinal infections
  • Hepatitis
  • Urinary tract infection
  • Gynaecological and obstetric infections
  • Sexually transmitted diseases
  • CNS infections
  • Eye infections
  • Skin infections
  • Bone and joint infections
  • Paediatric infections
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
  • Infections in the immunocompromised host
  • Fever
  • Septic shock
  • Pre-travel advice
  • Tropical medicine and the returning traveller
  • Protozoa
  • Helminths
  • Staphylococci
  • Streptococci and their relatives
  • Aerobic gram-positive rods
  • Coliforms (syn. enterobacteria, enterobacteriaceae)
  • Vibrios
  • Campylobacters
  • Pseudomonads
  • Fastidious gram-negative organisms
  • Anaerobes
  • Spirochaetes
  • Mycoplasmas, chlamydias and rickettsias
  • Virology
  • Fungi
  • Antibiotics : theory, usage and abuse
  • Antibiotics : classification and dosing guidelines
  • Appendix 1 : Bioterrorism agents
  • Appendix 2 : Immunization schedule