NLM Call no. 245 Index 253 Atlas of Infections of the Skin serves as a general atlas for early recognition of infectious skin conditions. Infections are classed into categories such as bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic. Key features of each infection accompany images to help establish a diagnosis. Current treatment is included when applicable.
Chapters generally begin with a summary of a skin infection.
This brief description includes etiology, clinical features, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment. This organization works poorly for chapters discussing diverse skin conditions such as skin infections in the immunocompromised patient. Each chapter is written by a different author and lacks consistency between chapters. Not all chapters follow a standard structure and overlap occurs. For example, broad chapters are included to discuss drug therapies available for cutaneous fungal and viral infections.