Infectious Diseases provides comprehensive guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of every infectious disease seen in current clinical practice.

Features:

• Chapters on surgical infections written by preeminent surgeons and up-to-the-minute information on HIV infection
• A comprehensive antimicrobial drugs section that includes tables that provide complete, at-a-glance information on mechanisms of action, side effects, indications, and dosages

Contents

Part I: High-Throughput Screening

• How Microorganisms Cause Disease
• Host Factors
• Epidemiology

Part II: Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Part III: Treatment of Infectious Diseases

• Principles of Treatment
• Antimicrobial Drugs

Part IV: Prevention of Infectious Diseases

Part VI: Clinical Infections

• Head and Neck
• Pleuropulmonary
• Cardiovascular System
• Gastrointestinal Tract
• Liver and Biliary Tract
• Pancreas and Spleen
• Other Surgical Infections
• Urinary Tract
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Aids and Related Infections
• Immunocompromised Hosts
• Skin and Soft Tissue
• Viral Exanthems and Localized Viral Skin Infections
• Bones and Joints
• Eye and Paranasal Sinuses
• Nervous System
• Tuberculosis and Leprosy
• Zoonoses
• Lymph Node Syndromes
• Other Infections

Part VI: Microbial Agents

• Gram-Positive Cocci
• Gram-Positive Bacilli
• Gram-Negative Cocci
• Gram-Negative Bacilli
• Anaerobic Bacteria
• Spirochetes
• Miscellaneous Microorganisms
• Rickettsia

Part VII: Viruses

• DNA Viruses
• RNA Viruses

Part VIII: Unconventional Agents Causing Slow Infections

Part IX: Mycobacteria

Part X: Fungi

Part XI: Parasites

• Protozoa
• Other Parasites

Index

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