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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Basic and clinical dermatology ; 14 |
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Basic and clinical dermatology ; 14
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Introduction; Preface; Contributors; I. BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; 1. Factors Modulating Cutaneous Flora; 2. The Changing Spectrum of Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Infections; 3. Treatment of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus; 4. Skin Infections with Gram-Negative Bacilli; 5. Recent Advances in Lyme Disease; 6. Antimicrobial Soaps: Their Role in Personal Hygiene; 7. Do Antiseptic Agents Reduce Surgical Wound Infections? Preoperative Bathing, Operative Site Preparation, Surgical Hand Scrub |
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8. Prevalence of Wound Infection Under Occlusive Dressings9. Handwashing: A Ritual Revisited; II. FUNGAL INFECTIONS; 10. Pathogenesis of Dermatophytosis; 11. Tinea Pedis: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Pathophysiology, and Therapy; 12. Diagnosis and New Treatments in the Management of Onychomycosis; 13. Pharmacokinetics in Onychomycosis; 14. Tinea Capitis; 15. The Risk/Benefit Ratio of Modem Antifungal Pharmacological Agents; 16. Dermatophytes and Nondermatophytes: Their Role in Cutaneous Mycoses; 17. Superficial and Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis in Immunocompetent Patients |
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18. Pityriasis Versicolor: Current Treatments19. Lessons from the AIDS Epidemic; 20. Oropharyngeal Candidiasis in HIV Infection; 21. The Clinical Impact of Antifungal Drug Resistance in Patients with AIDS; 22. Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Candidiasis in Children; III. VIRAL INFECTIONS; 23. Antiviral Drug Development for Herpesvirus Infections: History, Status, and Future of Antiviral Drugs; 24. Neonatal Herpes Simplex: Management of Mother and Infant; 25. Current Treatment of Genital Warts; 26. Herpes Simplex Virus Vaccines |
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27. Varicella Zoster Virus Neuralgia: Diagnosis and Treatment28. Management of Herpes Simplex Labialis; 29. Cidofovir Therapy for Cutaneous Viral Infections; 30. Background and Rationale for Prescription to Over-the-Counter Switch for Zovirax (Acyclovir) Capsules; 31. Psychosocial Aspects of Genital Human Papilloma virus and Herpes Simplex Virus Infection; 32. Imiquimod: In Vivo and In Vitro Characteristics and Toxicology; 33. Imiquimod in the Guinea Pig Model of Genital Herpes: An Antiviral and Adjuvant |
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34. Acute Pain Associated with Herpes Zoster and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Shingles Is a Pain35. Second Generation Antiherpes Drugs: Valaciclovir and Famciclovir; 36. Interferons for Treatment of Genital Warts; 37. Genital Herpes Simplex Infection; Index |
| Summary |
"This unique reference provides concise, single-source coverage of the clinical, research, and therapeutic aspects of dermatological problems associated with bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Introduces many novel antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral agents!Highlighting the molecular biology as well as risk - benefit ratios of new diagnostic and treatment modalities, Cutaneous Infection and Therapyevaluates the role of antimicrobial soaps in personal hygiene and research on preoperative skin preparation and infection rates discusses reasons for the reduced risk of infection using occlusive wound dressings explains the epidemiology, presentation, pathophysiology, and treatment of athlete's foot and fungal diseases of the scalp presents new oral antifungals for the treatment of onychomycosis examines the advantages and disadvantages of preparations to treat superficial fungal infections addresses oral candidiasis in HIV infection and the resistance to antifungal therapy in AIDS patients reviews the patterns of candidiasis in children and current approaches to antifungal therapy covers the epidemiology, implications, and management of herpes in pregnant women and newborns and much more!"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Dermatology.
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Skin -- Infections.
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Skin Diseases, Infectious -- therapy
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Skin Diseases, Infectious -- diagnosis
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Dermatology
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Skin -- Infections
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Dermatology
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Infektionskrankheit
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Haut
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Dermatologia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aly, Raza, editor
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| ISBN |
9781420001969 |
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1420001965 |
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