Full Description
With this self-teaching reference residents learn a disease per day. It covers epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical presentations, diagnostic approaches, and treatment of adult human infections. It includes lucid accounts of each syndrome, clinical vignettes to illustrate common and complicated clinical points, key pathogenic characteristics of organisms, and useful figures and radiographs. It presents an innovative bridge between general medicine textbooks and encyclopedic presentations. It is perfect for the 30 day infectious disease clerkship.
Contents
Anti-Infective TherapyThe Sepsis SyndromeThe Febrile PatientPulmonary InfectionsEye, Ear, Nose, and Throat InfectionsCentral Nervous System InfectionsCardiovascular InfectionsGastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary InfectionsGenitourinary Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)Skin and Soft Tissue InfectionsBone and Joint InfectionsParasitic InfectionsZoonotic InfectionsBioterrorismSerious Adult Viral Illnesses other than HIVInfections in the Immunocompromised HostHIV InfectionNER(01): WOW
