| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 2515 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Authors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part I -- General Principles of Infection""; ""How Microorganisms Cause Disease""; ""Chapter 1 -- Molecular Epidemiology in Infectious Diseases""; ""Host Factors""; ""Chapter 2 -- The Complement System""; ""Chapter 3 -- Phagocytes: Normal and Abnormal Neutrophil Host Defenses""; ""Chapter 4 -- Cell-Mediated Immunity""; ""Chapter 5 -- Clinical Approach to Fever""; ""Chapter 6 -- The Role and Use of Cytokines in Infectious Diseases""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Chapter 7 -- Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Infections"" |
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""Chapter 8 -- Epidemiology and Prevention of Nosocomial Infections""""Chapter 9 -- The Pathogens of Hospital Infections""; ""Chapter 10 -- Emerging Infections""; ""Chapter 11 -- Bioterrorism""; ""Part II -- Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases""; ""Chapter 12 -- Clinical Microbiology""; ""Chapter 13 -- Immunodiagnosis""; ""Chapter 14 -- Molecular Techniques for the Detection, Identification, and Q uantitation of Infectious Agents""; ""Chapter 15 -- Diagnostic Significance of Nonspecific Laboratory Abnormalities in Infectious Diseases""; ""Chapter 16 -- Skin Testing.pdf"" |
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""Part III -- Treatment of Infectious Diseases""""Principles of Treatment""; ""Chapter 17 -- Pharmacologic Principles""; ""Antimicrobial Drugs""; ""Chapter 18 -- Penicillins""; ""Chapter 19 -- Cephalosporins""; ""Chapter 20 -- Other β -Lactam Antibiotics""; ""Chapter 21 -- Tetracyclines""; ""Chapter 22 -- Macrolides and Clindamycin""; ""Chapter 23 -- Vancomycin and Teicoplanin""; ""Chapter 24 -- Oxazolidinones, Quinupristin-Dalfopristin, and Daptomycin""; ""Chapter 25 -- Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole""; ""Chapter 26 -- Quinolones""; ""Chapter 27 -- Chloramphenicol"" |
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""Chapter 28 -- Metronidazole and Other Nitroimidazoles""""Chapter 29 -- Rifampin and Related Drugs""; ""Chapter 30 -- Miscellaneous Drugs""; ""Chapter 31 -- Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Drugs""; ""Chapter 32 -- Antiviral Therapy""; ""Chapter 33 -- Antifungal Drugs""; ""Chapter 34 -- Antimycobacterial Drugs""; ""Chapter 35 -- Antiparasitic Drugs""; ""Chapter 36 -- Immune Globulin Therapy (Passive Immunization) for Augmentation of the Host Response""; ""Part IV -- Prevention of Infectious Diseases""; ""Chapter 37 -- Immunization of Children and Adults"" |
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""Chapter 38 -- Management of Urinary Catheters""""Chapter 39 -- Prophylaxis for Surgical Infections""; ""Chapter 40 -- Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Nonsurgical Infections""; ""Chapter 41 -- Advice to Travelers""; ""Part V -- Clinical Infections""; ""Head and Neck""; ""Chapter 42 -- Dental Infections""; ""Chapter 43 -- Infections of Head and Neck Spaces and Salivary Glands""; ""Chapter 44 -- Infections of the Sinuses and Parameningeal Structures""; ""Chapter 45 -- Ear and Mastoid Infections""; ""Chapter 46 -- Infections of the Pharynx, Larynx, Epiglottis, Trachea, and Thyroid"" |
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""Chapter 47 -- The Common Cold"" |
| Summary |
In the brand new edition of Infectious Diseases , over 300 world-class practitioners detail the clinical infections, microbial agents, viruses, mycobacteria, fungi and parasites you're likely to encounter in practice. You'll get inside knowledge on history, prevention, pathogenic mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment - so you'll be able to match the clinical manifestations with the underlying disorder and prescribe the best drug or therapy - fast! - THE BOOK ALSO HELPS YOU TO TRULY UNDERSTAND: How these illnesses originate. How to detect abnormalities. How proper immunisation and prophylaxis ca |
| Notes |
Source of title; title from title screen (viewed Oct. 12, 2006) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Issuing Body |
Digitized and made available on the world wide web by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins through Ovid |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases
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Bacterial diseases.
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Virus diseases.
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Communicable Diseases
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Bacterial Infections
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Virus Diseases
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Virus diseases
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Bacterial diseases
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Communicable diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gorbach, Sherwood L., 1934-
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Bartlett, John G
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Blacklow, Neil R
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Ovid Technologies, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2003047509 |
| ISBN |
0781733715 |
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9780781733717 |
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9781469874180 |
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1469874180 |
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