Manual of Clinical Problems in Infectious DiseaseNelson Murray Gantz The thoroughly updated Fifth Edition of this popular SpiralŪ Manual is a practical, reliable quick-reference guide to diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Organized for rapid information retrieval, the book provides concise, organ-based summaries of each disease. New chapters cover new pathogens causing pneumonia—SARS, human papillomavirus diagnosis and management, treatment of VZV and post-herpetic neuralgia, parvovirus infections, West Nile virus, agents of bioterrorism, choosing a quinolone, treatment and prevention of influenza, and the role of HIV resistance testing. |
Contents
Tonsillopharyngitis in Adults | 3 |
Infectious MononucleosisMany Faces of a Common Disease | 13 |
Acute Bronchitis | 19 |
Fever and Pleural Effusions | 26 |
57 | 31 |
CommunityAcquired Pneumonia in the Elderly | 35 |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM | 43 |
CultureNegative Endocarditis | 50 |
BACTEREMIA | 258 |
CoagulaseNegative Staphylococci | 269 |
FEVER | 280 |
49 | 287 |
51 | 301 |
53 | 316 |
Fever of Unknown Origin | 325 |
IMMUNITY | 334 |
Endocarditis Prophylaxis | 58 |
GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM | 67 |
CommunityAcquired Peritonitis | 75 |
Management of Infectious Diarrhea | 89 |
17 | 99 |
18 | 107 |
20 | 114 |
Complicated Urinary Tract Infections | 121 |
GENITAL TRACT | 127 |
Urethral Discharge | 135 |
26 | 143 |
28 | 152 |
29 | 158 |
Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid | 169 |
31 | 178 |
33 | 184 |
Immunocompetent Persons | 191 |
34 | 203 |
35 | 209 |
Lyme DiseaseA Diagnostic Challenge | 239 |
Parvovirus Infections | 248 |
Postoperative Fever | 339 |
59 | 350 |
61 | 365 |
62 | 377 |
PROPHYLAXIS OF INFECTION IN TRAVELERS | 389 |
65 | 408 |
67 | 418 |
88 | 433 |
ANTIMICROBIAL ANTIVIRAL ANTIPARASITIC | 445 |
Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis | 458 |
75 | 464 |
Antibiotic Failure | 472 |
Treatment and Prevention of Influenza | 480 |
78 | 489 |
ལྔ ཉྫུ ྴ རྒྱ སྨྱ | 499 |
84 | 527 |
85 | 538 |
86 | 545 |
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