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This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases.
Beginning with an overview, the following chapters provide in depth coverage of different types of infectious disease, from mosquito and tick-borne conditions, human and animal bites, and mycobacterial infections, to viruses, parasites, tuberculosis, meningitis, and much more.
Complete chapters are dedicated to hospital-acquired infections and infections in transplant recipients. The final section discusses vaccinology. Each topic is enhanced by the latest clinical information, diagnostic challenges, and new insights on disease control.
The thorough text is highly illustrated with clinical images and tables to assist learning.
Key Points
- Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of infectious diseases
- Covers numerous infections from different sources
- Includes chapters dedicated to hospital-acquired infections
- Topics enhanced by latest clinical information, diagnostic challenges, and new insights on disease control
MI Sahadulla MD FRCP MBA
Chairman and Managing Director, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Healthcare Group, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- An Overview
- Febrile Illnesses
- Fever Beyond Malaria in Indian Hospital Settings
- Mosquito-borne Diseases
- Tick-borne Diseases
- Hemorrhagic Febrile Viral Illnesses
- Bacterial Sepsis/Meningitis: Targeted, Empiric and Specific Antibiotics
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Adults/Children
- Animal and Human Bites and Scratches
- Acute Pharyngitis, Otitis Media and Mastoiditis
- Infections of the Respiratory System
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
- Childhood Tuberculosis
- Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
- Infective Endocarditis Prevention
- Gastrointestinal Infections
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Bone and Joint Infections
- Viral Infections (Systemic)
- Fungal Infections (Systemic)
- Parasitic Infections
- Hospital-acquired Infections and Healthcare-associated Infections
- Doctrine in Anti-infective Therapy and Newer Drugs
- Infections in Transplant Recipients
- Repeated Infections (Due to Immunodeficiencies)
- Reproductive and Obstetrical Infectious Diseases
- Prion Diseases of the Central Nervous System (Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease)
- Microbiome (Bacterial Community Interactions: Human Microbiota, Human Microbiome, Biofilms)
- Vaccinology: Principles and Practice
Index