Title: Expert guide to infectious diseases /
Authors: Tan, James S.; American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine.
Publisher: American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Communicable diseases; Evidence-based medicine.; Communicable Diseases diagnosis; Communicable Diseases therapy; Evidence-Based Medicine; Primary Health Care; Communicable diseases Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Contents: Use of microbiology laboratory tests in the diagnosis of infectious diseases -- SECTION I: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS: Bacterial meningitis -- Viral meningitis and viral encephalitis -- Brain abscess -- SECTION II: HEART AND VASCULAR INFECTIONS: Endocarditis -- Vascular infections -- SECTION III: GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS: Infectious diarrhea and gastroenteritis -- Biliary tract infections -- Hepatitis A-E -- Peritonitis -- Intra-abdominal abscesses -- SECTION IV: GENITOURINARY INFECTIONS: Urinary tract infections in adults -- Prostatitis and epididymitis -- Common sexually transmitted diseases -- Pelvic inflammatory disease -- Vaginitis and cervicitis -- Human papillomavirus -- SECTION V: RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS: Pharyngotonsillitis, peritonsillar, retropharyngeal, and parapharyngeal abscesses, and epiglottitis -- Sinusitis and otitis -- Acute bronchitis and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis -- Community-acquired pneumonia -- Nosocomial pneumonia -- Tuberculosis -- Histophasmosis -- Blastomycosis -- Coccidioidomycosis -- Viral respiratory infections including influenza -- SECTION VI: BONE INFECTIONS: Joint infections -- Osteomyelitis --SECTION VII: SKIN INFECTIONS: Skin infections -- Necrotizing soft tissue infections -- Foot infections in patients with diabetes mellitus -- Bite-wound infections -- Viral exanthems -- SECTION VIII: IMMUNOCOMPROMISE-RELATED INFECTIONS: HIV infection -- Opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS -- Infections in the immunocompromised host -- SECTION IX: VIRAL INFECTIONS: Herpes virus infections -- SECTION X: MISCELLANEOUS INFECTIONS: Lyme disease -- Malaria.