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Reese and Betts' A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 5th edDescription: 1 online resource (1216 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469874173
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reese and Betts' A Practical Approach to Infectious DiseasesDDC classification:
  • 616.9
LOC classification:
  • RC112 -- .P79 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- 1. FEVER AND FEVER OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY -- 2. SEPSIS -- 3. NEONATAL SEPSIS AND INFECTIONS -- 4. SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS -- 5. BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS -- 6. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS -- 7. EYE INFECTIONS -- 8. UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS -- 9. INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS AND PRIMARY EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTION -- 10. INFLUENZA AND INFECTIONS OF THE TRACHEA, BRONCHI, AND BRONCHIOLES -- 11. LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS (INCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) -- 12. CARDIAC INFECTIONS -- 13. GASTROINTESTINAL AND INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS -- 14. HEPATITIS VIRUSES -- 15. GENITOURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS -- 16. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC INFECTIONS -- 17. INFECTIONS DUE TO FUNGI, ACTINOMYCES, AND NOCARDIA -- 18. OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN HIV DISEASE -- 19. ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY: THERAPEUTIC AGENTS, DOSING, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND THEIR USE -- 20. INFECTIONS IN TRANSPLANTATION -- 21. ZOONOSES (INCLUDING LYME DISEASE) -- 22. HEALTH ADVICE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL -- 23. IMMUNIZATIONS -- 24. ALLERGY TO ß-LACTAMS AND OTHER SELECTED ANTIBIOTICS -- 25. MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY TESTS -- 26. INFECTIOUS DISEASE ASPECTS OF EMPLOYEE (OCCUPATIONAL) HEALTH: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- 27. ANTIBIOTIC USE -- A. Principles of Antibiotic Use -- B. Prophylactic Antibiotics -- C. Penicillin -- D. Penicillinase-resistant Penicillins -- E. Broad-spectrum Penicillins and ß-Lactam-ß-Lactamase Combinations -- F. The Cephalosporins -- G. Fluoroquinolones -- H. Unique ß-Lactam Antibiotics: Monobactams and Carbapenems (Aztreonam, Imipenem, Meropenem, and Ertapenem) -- I. Aminoglycosides -- J. Clindamycin -- K. Chloramphenicol -- L. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole -- M. Trimethoprim.
N. Macrolides: Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, and Azithromycin* -- O. Tetracyclines -- P. Vancomycin, Quinupristin/Dalfopristin, and Linezolid -- Q. Metronidazole -- R. Rifampin, Rifapentine, and Rifabutin RIFAMPIN (RIFADIN) [1-4] -- S. Spectinomycin -- T. Urinary Antiseptics -- SUBJECT INDEX.
Summary: Now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition, this handbook is a practical, easily accessible, and authoritative guide to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Leading experts present realistic clinical approaches to infectious disease problems seen in hospital and outpatient settings and offer up-to-the-minute advice on antimicrobial use--including specific recommendations on dosages, routes of administration, and duration of therapy. Chapters are written in a user-friendly outline format that is ideal for quick reference. This edition includes complete information on new diseases, new antibiotics, and HIV antiviral agents.
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A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- 1. FEVER AND FEVER OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY -- 2. SEPSIS -- 3. NEONATAL SEPSIS AND INFECTIONS -- 4. SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS -- 5. BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS -- 6. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS -- 7. EYE INFECTIONS -- 8. UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS -- 9. INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS AND PRIMARY EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTION -- 10. INFLUENZA AND INFECTIONS OF THE TRACHEA, BRONCHI, AND BRONCHIOLES -- 11. LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS (INCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) -- 12. CARDIAC INFECTIONS -- 13. GASTROINTESTINAL AND INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS -- 14. HEPATITIS VIRUSES -- 15. GENITOURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS -- 16. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC INFECTIONS -- 17. INFECTIONS DUE TO FUNGI, ACTINOMYCES, AND NOCARDIA -- 18. OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN HIV DISEASE -- 19. ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY: THERAPEUTIC AGENTS, DOSING, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND THEIR USE -- 20. INFECTIONS IN TRANSPLANTATION -- 21. ZOONOSES (INCLUDING LYME DISEASE) -- 22. HEALTH ADVICE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL -- 23. IMMUNIZATIONS -- 24. ALLERGY TO ß-LACTAMS AND OTHER SELECTED ANTIBIOTICS -- 25. MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY TESTS -- 26. INFECTIOUS DISEASE ASPECTS OF EMPLOYEE (OCCUPATIONAL) HEALTH: A BRIEF OVERVIEW -- 27. ANTIBIOTIC USE -- A. Principles of Antibiotic Use -- B. Prophylactic Antibiotics -- C. Penicillin -- D. Penicillinase-resistant Penicillins -- E. Broad-spectrum Penicillins and ß-Lactam-ß-Lactamase Combinations -- F. The Cephalosporins -- G. Fluoroquinolones -- H. Unique ß-Lactam Antibiotics: Monobactams and Carbapenems (Aztreonam, Imipenem, Meropenem, and Ertapenem) -- I. Aminoglycosides -- J. Clindamycin -- K. Chloramphenicol -- L. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole -- M. Trimethoprim.

N. Macrolides: Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, and Azithromycin* -- O. Tetracyclines -- P. Vancomycin, Quinupristin/Dalfopristin, and Linezolid -- Q. Metronidazole -- R. Rifampin, Rifapentine, and Rifabutin RIFAMPIN (RIFADIN) [1-4] -- S. Spectinomycin -- T. Urinary Antiseptics -- SUBJECT INDEX.

Now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition, this handbook is a practical, easily accessible, and authoritative guide to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Leading experts present realistic clinical approaches to infectious disease problems seen in hospital and outpatient settings and offer up-to-the-minute advice on antimicrobial use--including specific recommendations on dosages, routes of administration, and duration of therapy. Chapters are written in a user-friendly outline format that is ideal for quick reference. This edition includes complete information on new diseases, new antibiotics, and HIV antiviral agents.

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