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A clinically focused, reader-friendly format, and international scope make this landmark reference unique among encyclopaedic infectious disease resources.

More than 300 global experts cover all aspects of the investigation, diagnosis, and clinical management of every infectious condition. Abundant Practice Points convey valuable clinical pearls from the authors. The compreupdated 2nd Edition features an even more geographically diverse set of contributors than its predecessor, as well as brand-new information on nosocomial infections, HIV/AIDS, and many other timely topics.

Infectious Diseases, 2nd edition is now available as a state-of-the-art website. As well as the complete text online, in a fully searchable format, you will also get::

Continuous content updates A complete library of easily downloadable electronic images Links to key society web sites Case studies with self-assessment practice guidelines And much more!
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  • Section 1: Introduction to Infectious Diseases
    1. Nature and pathogenicity of micro-organisms
    2. Host responses to infection
    3. Prevention and chemoprophylaxis
    4. Emerging and re-emerging pathogens and diseases
    5. Diseases of unknown etiology that may be due to infections
    6. Bioterrorism
    7. Microbial genomes
    Section 2: Syndromes by Body System
    SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE
    8. Viral exanthems
    9. Cellulitis, pyoderma, abscesses and other skin and subcutaneous infections
    10. Necrotising fasciitis, gas gangrene, myositis and myonecrosis
    11. Ectoparasites
    12. Dermatologic manifestations of systemic infections
    13. Superficial fungal infections
    14. Spotted fevers
    15. Practice Points: Approach to the acutely febrile patient who has a generalized rash . Management of the foot ulcer . Role of hyberbaric oxygen in the management of gas gangrene
    THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
    16. Generalized and regional lymphadenopathy
    17. Practice Points: Management of the solitary enlarged lymph node
    THE EYE
    18. Conjunctivitis, keratitis and infections of periorbital structures
    19. Endophthalmitis
    20. Infectious retinitis and uveitis
    21. Practice Points: Eye problems and the patient in the intensive care unit
    THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    22. Acute and chronic meningitis
    23. Viral infections of the CNS
    24. Brain abscess and other focal pyogenic infections
    25. Toxin-mediated disorders: tetanus, botulism and diptheria
    26. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies of humans and animals
    27. Postinfectious and vaccine-related encephalitis
    28. Infections in hydrocephalus shunts
    29. Neurotropic virus disorders
    30. Practice Points: Neuroradiology . Lumbar puncture . Approach to the patient who has fever and headache . Empiric antimicrobial therapy for suspected infection of the central nervous system
    THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
    31. Pharyngitis, laryngitis and epiglottitis
    32. Otitis, sinusitis and related conditions
    33. Bronchitis, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis
    34. Community-acquired pneumonia
    35. Hospital-acquired pneumonia
    36. Lung abscesses and pleural abscesses
    37. Tuberculosis
    38. Nontuberculosis mycobacteria
    39. Endemic mycoses
    40. Practice Points: Aspiration of pleural fluid: pleural biopsy . Sternotomy wound infection . The pros and cons of antibiotics for pharyngitis and otitis media . When to use corticosteroids in noncentral nervous system tuberculosis . How to manage patient on anti-TB therapy with abnormal liver enzymes . For how long should antibiotics be given for common community infections . The place of antibiotics in the management of COPD . Management of the infected cystic fibrosis patient
    THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
    41. Orocervical and esophageal infection
    42. Gastritis, pepic ulceration and related conditions
    43. Enteritis, enterocolitis and infectious diarrhea syndromes
    44. Antibiotic-associated colitis/diarrhea
    45. Whipples disease
    46. Parasitic infections of the gastrointestinal tract
    47. Perionitis, pancreatitis and intra-abdominal abscesses
    48. Viral hepatitis
    49. Hepatobiliary infections
    50. Practice Points: Management of and outbreak of gastroenteritis . Management of persistent postinfectious diarrhea . Antibiotics in infectious gastroentiritis or diarrhea
    BONE AND JOINTS
    51. Infective and reactive arthritis
    52. Acute and chronic osteomyelitis
    53. Infections of prosthetic joints and related problems
    54. Lyme disease
    55. Practice Points: Fever and arthralgia . How long should osteomyelitis be treated . Management if chronic infection in prosthetic joints
    BLOODSTREAM, HEART AND VESSELS
    56. Sepsis
    57. Infections associated with intravascular lines, grafts and devices
    58. Myocarditis and pericarditis
    59. Endocarditis and endarteritis
    60. Rheumatic fever
    61. Practice Points: Role of white cell scans for deep-seated sepsis . Should infected intravascular lines be removed?
    OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGICAL INFECTIONS
    62. Vaginitis, vulvitis and cervicitis and cutaneous vulval lesions
    63. Infections of the female pelvis including septic abortion
    64. Complications of pregnancy: maternal perspectives
    65. Implications for the fetus of maternal infections in pregnancy
    66. Practice Points: Management of an HIV-positive pregnant woman with a positive VDRL test from an area endemic for Treponoma infection . Treatment of a positive toxoplasma titer in pregnancy . A pregnant patient with a previous pregnancy complicated by group B streptococcal disease . Management of pregnant patient with varicella infection
    URINARY TRACT
    67. Cystitis and urethral syndromes
    68. Prostatitis, epididymitis and orchitis
    69. Pyelonephritis and abscesses of the kidney
    70. Complicated urinary infection including postsurgical and catheter-related infections
    71. Tuberculosis of the urogenital tract
    72. Practice Points: Asymptomatic urinary infection in women with diabetes mellitus . Management of persistent symptoms of prostatitis . Urinary tract infection in a 24-year-old woman with spinal cord injury and indwelling catheter
    SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
    73. Epidemiology and public health issues in STDs
    74. Gonococcal and chlamydial urethritis
    75. Syphilis
    76. Genital herpes
    77. Papillomavirus infections
    78. Lymphogranuloma venerum, chancroid and granuloma inguinale
    79. Practice Points: Persistent/recurrent vaginal discharge . A couple with difficulty conceiving: is it due to previous sexually transmitted diseases?
    Section 3: Special Problems in Infectious Disease Practice
    80. Pathogenesis of fever
    81. Clinical approach to the acutely febrile patient
    82. Fever of unknown origin in the general population and in HIV-infected person
    83. Healthcare associated infections
    84. ICU infections
    85. Infection in burn patients
    86. Infective complications after trauma and surgery
    87. Hospital infection control
    88. Employee health service
    89. Recreational infections
    90. Occupational infections
    91. Infections from pets
    92. Infections from non-domesticated animals
    93. Food- and water-borne infections
    94. Chronic fatigue
    95. Psychological aspects of chronic fatigue and other infectious diseases
    96. Practice Points: Management of candiduria in the intensive care unit . Management of fever that relapses and remits . Infections associated with near drowning . Initial management of a suspected outbreak . Prophylactic antibodies for animal bites . Management of Health care worker exposed to TB . Management of a healthcare worker exposed to varicella
    Section 4: Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
    Introduction
    97. Innate and acquired host defenses against infection
    98. Primary immunodeficiency syndromes
    99. Immunodeficiencies associated with immunosupressive agents
    100. Infections in the neutropenic patient
    101. Infections in transplant patients (cellular and immune defects)
    102. Opportunistic fungal infections
    103. Opportunistic viral infections
    104. Opportunistic parasitic infections
    105. Splenectomy and splenic dysfunctions
    106. Bone marrow.stem cell transplant patients
    107. Heart transplant patients
    108. Lung and heart-lung transplant patients
    109. Liver transplant patients
    110. Kidney transplant patients
    111. Pancreas transplant patients
    112. Intestinal transplant patients
    113. Patients with auto-immune disease
    114. Passive and active immunisation in the immunocompromised host
    Section 5: HIV and AIDS
    115. Epidemiology of HIV infection
    PREVENTION
    116. Prevention of HIV transmission through behavioral change and sexual means
    117. Preventing occupational infections with HIV in the health care environment
    118. Research and development for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS
    119. Practice Point: Postexposure prophylaxis in the occupational setting
    PATHOGENESIS
    120. The immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 infection
    121. Virology of HIV
    CLINICAL PRESENTATION
    122. Primary HIV infection
    123. Prevention of opportunistic infections in the presence of HIV infection
    124. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
    125. Viral infection
    126. Fungal infection
    127. Parasitic infections
    128. Bacterial infections in HIV disease
    129. Mycobacterial Infections in HIV
    130. Neoplastic disease
    131. HIV-associated wasting and nutrition
    132. Dermatologic manifestations of HIV infection
    133. HIV-AIDS-related problems in developing countries
    AIDS IN WOMEN AND INFANTS
    134. Pediatric AIDS
    135. Special problems in women with HIV disease
    136. Practice Point: Diagnosis of HIV in newborns
    DIAGNOSIS
    137. Diagnostic tests for HIV infection and reistance assays
    HIV THERAPY
    138. Principles of management (in the developed world)
    139. Antiviral therapy
    140. Immunobased therapies
    141. Practice Points: How to manage a patient who has resistant HIV . Drug interactions in HIV and AIDS . How to manage the Hep-C co-infected HIV patient . How to manage hyperlipidemia in the HIV patient . How to manage the HIV patient who is resistant to everything
    Section 6: Geographic and Travel Medicine
    142. Geography of infectious diseases
    143. Pretravel advice and immunization
    SYNDROMES IN THE RETURNED TRAVELER
    144. Diarrhea and foodborne illness
    145. Fever
    146. Confusion and coma
    147. Skin ulcers and rashes
    148. Sexually transmitted diseases
    149. Jaundice
    150. Eosinophilia in the returned traveller
    151. Cough and respiratory tract infections
    152. Lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly and anemia
    153. Animal bites and rabies
    MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:
    SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE
    154. Leprosy
    155. Ectoparasites
    156. Endemic treponematoses
    MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:
    THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    157. African trypanosomiasis
    158. Other parasitic infections of the central nervous systems
    159. Epidemic bacterial meningitis
    160. Eye infections in the tropics
    MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:
    THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
    161. Secretory diarrheas: cholera and enterotoxicgenic Escherichia coli
    162. Tropical malabsorption and sprue
    163. Typhoid fever
    164. Amebiasis and other protozoan infections
    165. Ova, cysts and parasites in the stool
    MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:
    SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS
    166. Malaria
    167. Schistosomiasis
    168. Cestode and trematode infections
    169. Hydatid disease
    170. Filariasis
    171. Infections in sickle cell disease
    172. Leishmaniasis
    173. Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
    174. Migrating worms
    175. Melioidosis
    176. Plague
    177. Tularemia
    178. Diphtheria
    179. Scrub typhus and other tropical rickettsioses
    180. Brucellosis
    181. Leptospirosis
    182. Relapsing fever
    183. Viral hemorrhagic fevers
    184. Dengue
    185. Anthrax
    186. Practice Points: Management of the patient who has suspected viral hemorrhagic fever . How to follow up a returned traveller who has swum in Lake Malawi . What are the indications for an exchange transfusion in malaria? . What are the treatment options for a pregnant patient with malaria? . Treatment of Dysentery in a Pregnant Woman
    Section 7: Anti-Infective Therapy
    187. Principles of anti-infective therapy
    188. Mechanisms of action
    189. Mechanisms of resistance
    190. Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery
    191. Home therapy with antibiotics
    192. Beta-lactam antibiotics
    193. Macrolides, ketolides, lincosamides and streptogramins
    194. Oxalolinodones
    195. Aminoglycosides
    196. Folate inhibitors
    197. Quinolones
    198. Glycopeptides
    199. Tetracyclines and chloramphenicol
    200. Nitroimidazoles: metronidazole, ornidazole and tinidazole
    201. Antituberculosis agents
    202. Miscellaneous agents: fusidic acid, nitrofurantoin and spectinomycin
    203. Anti-retroviral agents
    204. Anti-herpes agents
    205. Anti-respiratory agents
    206. Anti-hepatitis agents
    207. Antifungal agents
    208. Antiparasitic agents
    209. Immunomodulation
    Section 8: Clinical Microbiology
    VIRUSES
    210. Acute gastroenteritis viruses
    211. Measles and mumps viruses
    212. Enteroviruses: polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses and enteroviruses 68-71
    213. Hepatitis viruses
    214. Herpevirus
    215. Papovaviruses
    216. Parvoviruses
    217. Poxviruses
    218. Rabies
    219. Respiratory viruses
    220. Retroviruses and retroviral infections
    221. Zoonotic viruses
    PRIONS
    222. Prions
    BACTERIA
    223. Staphylococci and other micrococcaceae
    224. Streptococci and related genera
    225. Aerobic Gram-positive bacilli
    226. Neisseria
    227. Enterbacteriaceae
    228. Pseudomonads and miscellaneous Gram-negative bacilli
    229. Curved and spiral bacilli
    230. Gram-negative coccobacilli
    231. Anaerobic bacteria
    232. Mycobacteria
    233. Mycoplasma and unreaplasma
    234. Rickettsia and rickettsia-like organisms
    235. Chlamydia
    FUNGI
    236. Opportunistic fungi
    237. Systemic fungi
    238. Subcutaneous mycoses
    239. Superficial fungal pathogens
    240. Pneumocystis
    PARASITES
    241. Protozoa: intestinal and urogenital amebae, flagellates and ciliates
    242. Protozoa: intestinal coccidia and microsporidia
    243. Protozoa: free-living amebae
    244. Blood and tissue protozoa
    245. Helminths
    246. Arthropods
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