This essential resource is designed to show primary care providers, family physicians, and internists how to recognize life-threatening emergencies, provide cost-effective management of all common infectious diseases that are prevalent today, and effectively use antimicrobial therapy. The clear organization begins with an overview of infectious diseases, followed by special topics related to pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, the elderly, and more. It emphasizes infection control in office practice, psychiatric considerations, and office laboratory testing in accordance with CLIA regulations. Comprehensive sections are devoted to HIV, travel medicine, pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, medical informatics, outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), and bioterrorism - featuring the latest references on Anthrax - in the Emergencies chapter
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections and Other Infections of the Head and Neck
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Gastrointestinal and Intraabdominal Infections
Viral Hepatitis
Urinary Tract Infections
Infections of the Skin and its Appendages, Muscle, Bones, and Joints
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
HIV Disease and AIDs
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy, and Antibacterial Drugs
Viral Disease and Antiviral Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections
Fungal Infections and Antifungal Drug Therapy
Mycobacterial Diseases and Antimycobacterial Drugs
Parasitic Infections
Travel and Geographic Medicine
Immunization
Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in the Ambulatory Setting
Appendix 1. Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Syndromes that are Often Treated on an Outpatient Basis Appendix 2. Empiric Therapy for Syndromes that Usually Require Admission to the Hospital Appendix 3. For Patients: Acute Infection and You - The Buddy Check Appendix 4. Antibiotics and You - Why Less is Sometimes More Appendix 5. Useful Web Sites for Information about Infectious Disease
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