Handbook of Infectious Diseases

by Springhouse

• ISBN13: 9781582550701
• ISBN10: 1582550700
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

This portable guide provides up-to-date facts on more than 275 infectious diseases, such as West Nile encephalitis, hantavirus, Lyme disease, necrotizing fasciitis, respiratory syncytial virus, and drug-resistant staphylococcal infections. You'll learn causes, signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, and special considerations for each disease. Content includes: Part I: understanding infection; Part II: infectious diseases in alphabetical order; appendices, including rare infectious diseases, reportable infections, anti-infective drugs, herbal therapies, standard and transmission-based precautions, and an immunization schedule; selected references; and an index. Includes scores of charts, illustrations, and logos that highlight alternative and investigational therapies, alerts, and patient education. A-to-Z organization for ease of use.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Understanding Infection	1	(28)
Managing Infectious Diseases	29	(308)
Guide to Anti-Infective Drugs	337	(218)
Appendices	555	(28)
A. Rare infectious diseases	556	(16)
B. Reportable infectious diseases	572	(1)
C. Alternative therapies for selected infections	573	(5)
D. Revised CDC isolation precautions	578	(4)
E. Immunization schedule	582	(1)
Selected references	583	(1)
Subject index	584	(9)
Drug index	593