Infectious Diseases
- 2nd Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: A. Melvin Ramsay, Ronald T. D. Emond
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 2 8 4 - 0
Infectious Diseases, Second Edition furnishes the basic facts regarding the common infections encountered in the British Isles. The infectious diseases covered in this edition… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInfectious Diseases, Second Edition furnishes the basic facts regarding the common infections encountered in the British Isles. The infectious diseases covered in this edition include varicella and herpes zoster, smallpox, tetanus, measles, mumps, influenza, and acute respiratory disease. The poliomyelitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, malaria, tuberculosis, cytomegalic inclusion disease, and rabies are also discussed. This book likewise deliberates the host-parasite relationship, control of infection in hospitals, sterilization and disinfection, pyrexia of undetermined origin (PUO), and public health law. This publication is valuable not only to clinicians but also to epidemiologists, microbiologists and community physicians whose work is connected with the many problems in the field of acute medicine.
Chapter I The Host-Parasite RelationshipChapter II Rashes Chapter III Herpes Simplex Virus InfectionsChapter IV Cytomegalovirus InfectionsChapter V Infectious MononucleosisChapter VII Varicella and Herpes ZosterChapter VIII Smallpox (Variola)Chapter IX Vaccinia and VaccinationChapter IX RubellaChapter X MeaslesChapter XI Mumps Chapter XII Influenza Chapter XIII Acute Respiratory DiseaseChapter XIV Virus Infections of the Central Nervous System Chapter XV Poliomyelitis Chapter XVI Coxsackie and Echo Virus Infections Chapter XVII Benign Myalgie Eneephalomyelitis (Epidemic Neuromyasthenia)Chapter XVIII Virus HepatitisChapter XIX Roseola Infantum Chapter XX Bacterial MeningitisChapter XXI Streptococcal InfectionsChapter XXII Staphylococcal InfectionsChapter XXIII DiphtheriaChapter XXIV TuberculosisChapter XXV TetanusChapter XXVI Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Chapter XXVII Gastro-EnteritisChapter XXVIII Bacillary DysenteryChapter XXIX Food PoisoningChapter XXX Typhoid and Paratyphoid FeverChapter XXXI CholeraChapter XXXII Brucellosis Chapter XXXIII Anthrax Chapter XXXIV Leptospirosis Chapter XXXV ToxoplasmosisChapter XXXVI Cat Scratch Disease Chapter XXXVII RabiesChapter XXXVIII MalariaChapter XXXIX Stevens-Johnson SyndromeChapter XL ChemotherapyChapter XLI ImmunizationChapter XLII Control of Infection in HospitalChapter XLIII Sterilization and DisinfectionChapter XLIV Pyrexia of Undetermined Origin (PUO)Chapter XLV Laboratory InvestigationsChapter XLVI Public Health LawIndex
- Edition: 2
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781483192840
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