A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases

Fülszöveg

A Practical Approach
to Infectious Diseases
Fourth Edition
Richard E. Reese, M.D.
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, New York
Robert F. Betts, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York
Listed in the "Library of Internists" of the American College of Physicians, this compact yet comprehensive text retains its place as the infectious disease consultant. It has been praised in the New England Journal of Medicine for having "plugged a hole in the infectious disease literature." In its fully revised fourth edition, the authors condnue to supply the essentials of ID management to primary care physicians, housestaff, students, and others who provide care to patients with infections.
In the United States, infectious diseases now rank third among the leading causes of death according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. Problems associated with antimicrobial resistance are increasing nationally and internationally. This fourth... Tovább

Fülszöveg

A Practical Approach
to Infectious Diseases
Fourth Edition
Richard E. Reese, M.D.
Bassett Healthcare Cooperstown, New York
Robert F. Betts, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York
Listed in the "Library of Internists" of the American College of Physicians, this compact yet comprehensive text retains its place as the infectious disease consultant. It has been praised in the New England Journal of Medicine for having "plugged a hole in the infectious disease literature." In its fully revised fourth edition, the authors condnue to supply the essentials of ID management to primary care physicians, housestaff, students, and others who provide care to patients with infections.
In the United States, infectious diseases now rank third among the leading causes of death according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. Problems associated with antimicrobial resistance are increasing nationally and internationally. This fourth edition includes new information on emerging infections (e.g., ehrlichiosis, E. coli 0157:H7, Helicobacter pylori), the hepatitis A vaccine, and deep neck infections, as well as a concise update on HIV, a discussion of problems of antimicrobial resistance, and an extensive review of antibiotics, including new agents.
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES is written in an outline format that provides quick pathways from symptoms to sources of infection. The contributors — drawn from the ranks of outstanding clinicians and academics — outline steps toward diagnosis and make recommendations from their years of clinical experience for treating common and uncommon diseases.
If you treat infectious diseases, keep A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Fourth Edition, close at hand.
Little, Brown and Company Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Cover Design by Sally Bergman-Costello Vissza