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Update in Sexually Transmitted Infections, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 27-4
  • December 2, 2013
  • Jeanne Marrazzo
  • English
  • Hardback
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This issue of the Infectious Disease Clinics is devoted to the treatment and prevention of the most common STDs – including syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, and HPV. The articles will discuss the current research in the field such as antimicrobial resistance in treating gonorrhea and the development/trials of a genital herpes vaccine.

MIQ 09: Gastrointestinale Infektionen

  • 2nd Edition
  • November 11, 2013
  • Manfred Kist
  • Harald Mauch + 3 more
  • German
  • eBook
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Die Diagnostik infektiöser Darmerkrankungen zählt zu den häufigsten Anforderungen an das medizinisch-mikrobiologische Labor. In den vergangenen 30 Jahren haben die Kenntnisse über die Pathogenese, Epidemiologie und Diagnostik dieser Erkrankungen in erheblichem Maße zugenommen und ebenso die Liste möglicher Erreger. In diesem Heft erfahren Sie die aktuellsten Erkenntnisse zur Diagnostik und Therapie von Infektionen mit Helicobacter pylori, E. coli, Norovirus und Campylobacter.

Manson's Tropical Diseases

  • 23rd Edition
  • October 26, 2013
  • Jeremy Farrar + 5 more
  • English
  • eBook
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2014 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Public Health category! From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, MansonÂ’s Tropical Diseases prepares you to effectively handle whatever your patients may have contracted. Featuring an internationally recognized editorial team, global contributors, and expert authors, this revised and updated medical reference book provides you with the latest coverage on parasitic and infectious diseases from around the world. "This book functions both as a text book and a reference manual but remains eminently readable." Reviewed by British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Jul 2015 "..strongly recommended, excellent quality, signature book on Tropical Medicine for everyone working in this field." Reviewed by Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 2015

Life-Threatening Infections: Part 2, An Issue of Critical Care Clinic

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 29-4
  • October 15, 2013
  • Anand Kumar
  • English
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The second in a two-part series on Life-Threatening Infections. Article topics include: Biowarfare/Bioterrorism pathogens, Infections in neutropenics, Infections in AIDS, Influenza and endemic viral pneumonias, Resistant gram negative infections, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Fulminant viral myocarditis, and Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection.

Foodborne Illness: Latest Threats and Emerging Issues, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 27-3
  • September 25, 2013
  • David Acheson + 2 more
  • English
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Food Borne Illness is a common, costly, yet preventable public health problem. This issue of the Infectious Disease Clinics covers the most common food borne pathogens, along with articles that include indentifying, diagnosing, and treating food borne illness. The issue also covers food borne illness in special populations, as well as long term complications associated with food borne illness.

Infectious Disease Challenges in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • June 19, 2013
  • Joseph G Timpone Jr. + 1 more
  • English
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The potential etiologies of infection are diverse and these infections can often progress rapidly in SOT patients. Diagnosis can be difficult, owing to the altered anatomy that sometimes follows transplant surgery. Many of the areas related to infections in SOT recipients are unresolved and controversial, and recognized emerging issues include donor-derived infection, the impact of pandemic influenza in the SOT recipient, and drug-resistant infections.

Community Acquired Pneumonia: Controversies and Questions, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 27-1
  • March 28, 2013
  • Thomas M. File Jr.
  • English
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Pneumonia is the leading cause of death due to infectious disease. This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics, guest edited by Tom File, focuses on the controversies and questions surrounding community-acquired pneumonia, including the potential benefits of identifying biomarkers for management of CAP (which could someday become a part of routine diagnostic testing for CAP), the best therapies for influenza/viral causes of pneumonia (the most common form of the disease in children), and clinical scoring tools to help predict long term outcomes. The issue also discusses how to approach MRSA as a cause of CAP and how to approach the non-responding patient.

Care of the Patient with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 26-4
  • October 23, 2012
  • Barbara McGovern
  • English
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Hepatitis C infection can be an acute or chronic illness and is the most common cause of liver disease in the US. It often goes undiagnosed until significant organ damage has occurred. This issue of the ID Clinics discusses the staging of liver disease, treatments for those newly diagnosed, and those who are dealing with chronic illness, along with managing drug therapy and virus resistance.

Travel Medicine, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 26-3
  • September 14, 2012
  • Alimuddin Zumla + 2 more
  • English
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It is extremely important that physicians be aware of the wide spectrum of tropical, infectious and parasitic diseases their patients may have been exposed to while traveling abroad. This volume of the ID Clinics is edited by 3 internationally renowned infectious disease physicians and provides an authoritative and comprehensive treatise on Travel Medicine.

Virology

  • 1st Edition
  • August 17, 2012
  • Stephen N J Korsman + 4 more
  • English
  • eBook
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This is a concise, highly accessible introduction to medical virology, incorporating essential basic principles as well as a systematic review of viruses and viral diseases. It pays particular attention to developments in anti-viral therapy that are becoming increasingly effective in modern medicine. It is an ideal textbook for the information-overloaded student and an invaluable everyday companion for the busy professional who needs a good understanding of the current state of medical virology. In keeping with the highly successful format of other Illustrated Colour Texts, it presents the subject as a series of succinct 2 page ‘learning units’, using a superb collection of clear illustrations and clinical photographs, concise yet comprehensive text and key point boxes to aid quick access to information and examination preparation. So whether you are a medical student, junior doctor, medical scientist, trainee in infectious diseases or student on another allied medical course, this book is here to make your life easier! It will also provide a very solid foundation for any who plan to delve deeper into this fascinating field.