Medical Microbiology for the New Curriculum : A Case-Based Approach

by Carey, Roberta B.; Schuster, Mindy G.; McGowan, Karin L.

• ISBN13: 9780471479338
• ISBN10: 0471479330
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Liss

Summary

Encompassing twenty-four clinically important and frequently encountered infectious diseases, the text provides all the necessary background and the most up-to-date treatment of the microbes that cause diseases in humans. Each fully illustrated case study is introduced with a patient history, differential diagnosis, clinical clues, laboratory data, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. Presented as unknowns, the cases challenge readers to create a differential diagnosis just as they would in practice, including noninfectious causes that could present similar clinical findings.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
The Art of Differential Diagnosis	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
List of Common Abbreviations	p. xix
Boy with Acute Pharyngitis	p. 1
Student with Dysuria	p. 12
Boy with Vomiting and Diarrhea after a School Picnic	p. 23
Chronic Diarrhea in a Traveler	p. 35
Boy with Skin Lesions	p. 47
Student with a Skin Lesion Following a Trip to India	p. 57
Man with a Surgical Wound after a Prosthetic Hip Placement	p. 65
Boy with Fever and Right Leg Pain Following a Canoe Accident	p. 75
Woman with Acute Abdominal Pain and Cervical Discharge	p. 89
Woman with Acute Fever and Productive Cough	p. 99
Nursing Home Resident with Fever, Cough, and Myalgias	p. 115
Baby with Fever, Rhinitis and Bronchiolitis	p. 123
Woman with Fever, Cough, and Weight Loss	p. 132
Student with Chronic Fever, Dry Cough and Pneumonia	p. 144
Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient with Nodular Pneumonia	p. 155
Boy with Acute Fever, Headache, and Confusion	p. 167
Woman with Lymphocytic Meningitis	p. 182
Neonate with Fever and Vesicular Rash	p. 192
Renal Transplant Recipient with Chronic Meningitis	p. 201
Man with Acute Fever and Periumbilical Pain	p. 213
Man with Two Weeks of Fever and a Systolic Murmur	p. 225
Young Man with Fatigue and an Abnormal Liver Test	p. 236
Fever of Unknown Origin in a Traveler	p. 246
Student with Fever, Lymphadenopathy and Hepatosplenomegaly	p. 259
Index	p. 271
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