Blackwell's Primary Care Essentials: Travel Medicine

by Smith, Robert P.; Sears, Stephen D., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780632044825
• ISBN10: 0632044829
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

The explosive growth in international travel and the increasing popularity of adventurous travel itineraries in the past two decades create new challenges in primary care practices. Blackwell's Primary Care Essentials: Travel Medicine is an invaluable guide to the diagnoses and treatment of disorders and diseases associated with travel.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Medical Abbreviations	p. xvii
Journal Abbreviations	p. xxxiii
Epidemiology of Travel Medicine
Overview of Risk	p. 3
Prevention of Travel-Related Illness
Components of Pretravel Visit	p. 9
Immunizations	p. 11
Overview	p. 11
General Principles	p. 12
Summary of Vaccines	p. 13
Yellow Fever Vaccine	p. 15
Cholera Vaccine	p. 20
Hepatitis A Vaccine	p. 20
Hepatitis B Vaccine	p. 25
Measles Vaccine	p. 26
Meningococcal Vaccine	p. 29
Japanese B Encephalitis Vaccine	p. 29
Rabies Vaccine (Pre-exposure)	p. 35
Typhoid Vaccine	p. 39
Tetanus/Diptheria Vaccine	p. 40
Polio Vaccine	p. 41
Lyme Disease	p. 41
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccine	p. 42
Prevention of Malaria	p. 44
Prevention of Food- and Waterborne Disease	p. 51
Prevention of Accidents and Injuries	p. 55
Prevention of Environmental Illnesses	p. 57
Altitude Illness	p. 57
Heat Illness	p. 59
Sunburn and Other Light Reactions	p. 60
Cold Exposure and Injuries	p. 63
Arthropod Bites and Stings	p. 64
Venomous Reptiles	p. 67
Marine Envenomations	p. 68
Undersea Diving-Related Illness	p. 70
Illness During Transportation	p. 72
Motion Sickness and Jet Lag	p. 72
Deep Vein Thrombophlebitis ("Economy Class" Syndrome)	p. 73
Protection of Special Groups	p. 75
The Pregnant Traveler	p. 75
The HIV Positive Traveler	p. 79
The Pediatric Traveler	p. 81
The Diabetic Traveler	p. 84
Recognition and Treatment of Travel-Related Illness
The Traveler with Fever	p. 89
The Traveler with Diarrhea	p. 92
The Traveler with Skin Lesions	p. 95
The Traveler with Eosinophilia	p. 98
The Asymptomatic Traveler	p. 101
Health Screening of Immigrants and Refugees	p. 103
Travel-Related Infectious Diseases and Other Ailments
Bacteria	p. 111
Anthrax	p. 111
Atypicap Mycobacteria	p. 112
Bacillus Cereus Food Poisoning	p. 113
Bacterial Dysentery	p. 114
Bartonellosis	p. 115
Bite Wound Infections	p. 115
Botulism	p. 116
Brucellosis	p. 117
Campylobacter Diarrhea	p. 118
Cat Scratch Fever	p. 119
Chancroid	p. 121
Chlamydial Infections	p. 121
Cholera	p. 124
Clostridium Perfringens Food Poisoning	p. 125
Diptheria	p. 125
E Coli	p. 127
Ehrlichiosis	p. 128
Gonorrhea	p. 129
Granuloma Inguinale	p. 131
Legionnaires' Disease	p. 131
Leprosy	p. 133
Leptospirosis	p. 134
Listerial Infections	p. 135
Lyme Disease	p. 136
Lymphogranuloma Venereum	p. 139
Melioidosis	p. 139
Meningococcal Meningitis	p. 140
Noncholera Vibrios	p. 142
Other Streptococcal Infections	p. 143
Paratyphoid Fever and Salmonellosis	p. 144
Pertussis	p. 145
Plague	p. 147
Pneumococcal Infection	p. 148
Pseudomembranous Colitis	p. 149
Psittacosis	p. 150
Q Fever	p. 151
Rat Bite Fever	p. 152
Relapsing Fever	p. 153
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever	p. 154
Scarlet Fever and Streptococcal Toxic Shock	p. 157
Scrub Typhus	p. 158
Staph Food Poisoning	p. 159
Staph Soft Tissue Infections	p. 159
Syphilis	p. 160
Tetanus and Lockjaw	p. 163
Toxic Shock Syndrome	p. 164
Traveler's Diarrhea	p. 165
Trench Fever	p. 167
Tuberculosis	p. 168
Tularemia (Rabbit Fever)	p. 171
Typhoid Fever	p. 173
Typhus	p. 175
Yersinia Gastroenteritis	p. 176
Fungal Disease	p. 177
Blastomycosis	p. 177
Coccidioidomycosis	p. 178
Cryptococcosis	p. 180
Histoplasmosis	p. 182
Mycetoma	p. 184
Paracoccidioidomycosis	p. 185
Penicilliosis	p. 186
Sporotrichosis	p. 187
Parasitic Disease	p. 189
African Sleeping Sickness	p. 189
Amebiasis	p. 191
Amebic Meningoencephalitis	p. 193
Anasakiasis	p. 194
Angiostrongyliasis	p. 194
Ascariasis And Trichuriasis	p. 195
Babesiosis	p. 196
Blastocystis Hominis	p. 197
Chagas Disease	p. 198
Clonorchiasis	p. 201
Cryptosporidium Diarrhea	p. 202
Cyclospora	p. 203
Cysticercosis	p. 204
Echinococcal Cyst Disease	p. 205
Enterobiasis (Pinworms)	p. 207
Fascioliasis and Paragonimiasis	p. 207
Filariasis Overview	p. 209
Filariasis Loaiasis	p. 211
Filariasis Onchocerciasis	p. 213
Giardiasis	p. 215
Gnathostomiasis	p. 216
Hookworm	p. 217
Larva Migrans and Toxocariasis	p. 218
Leishmania	p. 219
Malaria	p. 223
Schistosomiasis	p. 227
Strongyloides	p. 230
Tapeworms	p. 231
Toxoplasmosis	p. 232
Trichinosis	p. 234
Arthropod Bites and Infections	p. 236
Lice	p. 236
Myiasis	p. 237
Scabies	p. 237
Tick Paralysis	p. 238
Tungiasis	p. 239
Viral Infections	p. 240
Alphaviruses	p. 240
Arboviral Encephalitis	p. 241
Arenavirus (New World)	p. 243
Bunyavirus	p. 243
Dengue	p. 244
Ebola Virus	p. 246
Hepatitis A	p. 247
Hepatitis B	p. 248
Hepatitis C	p. 251
Hepatitis E	p. 253
HIV and AIDS	p. 254
HTLV 1	p. 259
Lassa Fever	p. 259
Poliomyelitis	p. 260
Rabies	p. 262
Yellow Fever	p. 264
Miscellaneous Conditions	p. 266
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning	p. 266
Delusional Parasitosis	p. 267
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	p. 267
Tropical Sprue	p. 268
Geographic Distribution of Potential Health Hazards to Travelers	p. 269
Antiparasitic Drugs	p. 284
Bibliography	p. 288
Index	p. 293
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