Challenging Concepts in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology details over 30 challenging cases from a wide area of infectious diseases, medical microbiology and virology and includes topics ranging from typhoid fever to secondary syphilis.
This case-based learning book ideal for trainees and speciality registrars. Each case is supported by the commentary of a renowned expert in the field, allowing readers to improve their own management of these patients. As the reader works through each case there are 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Evidence Base' boxes to enhance the learning process along with the 'Expert Commentary', providing an inside track on how the experts approach challenging cases ranging from secondary syphilis to typhoid fever and vial haemorrhagic fever.
Edited by:
Amber Arnold (Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology St George's Hospital London UK),
George Griffin (Consultant in Infectious Diseases,
Consultant in Infectious Diseases,
St George's Hospital,
London,
UK)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 189mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 746g
ISBN: 9780199665754
ISBN 10: 0199665753
Series: Challenging Cases
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 24 June 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1: Neill Storrar and Chantal Bleeker-Rovers: Pyrexia of unknown origin: the use of PET and PET-CT 2: Victoria Sing-Curry, Amber Arnold and Sue O'Connell: Neurological Complications of Lyme Borreliosis (LB) 3: Nick Easom, Amber Arnold and David Moore: Leptospirosis and its Complications 4: Angela Houston and Patrick French: Secondary Syphilis 5: Michael Rayment and Mark Bower: HIV-Associated Multicentric Castleman's Disease 6: Aseel Hegazi and Phillip Hay: HIV: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission 7: Daniel Bradshaw, Amber Arnold and Andrew Carr: HIV: Antiretroviral Treatment and Emergence of Resistance 8: Ellen Dwyer, Amber Arnold and Derek Macallan: HIV: opportunistic infections and immune reconstitution syndrome 9: Angela Loyse and Tom Harrison: HIV: Cryptococcal Meningitis and Timing of Antiretroviral Treatment 10: Luke Moore and Silke Schelenz: Candida Infection in the Intensive Care Unit 11: Jonathon Lambourne and Caroline Hemsley: Disseminated Aspergillosis after Bone Marrow Transplantation 12: Gyatri Chakrabati and Daniel Forton: Hepatitis B Reactivation in the Immunosuppressed 13: Thomas Doyle and Daniel Webster: Developments in the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection 14: Jonathon Lambourne and Tim Brooks: Management of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the UK 15: Marcus Eder, Amber Arnold and Elinor Moore: Tropical Liver Abscess: Diagnosis and Management 16: Marcus Eder, Amber Arnold and Elinor Moore: Severe Falciparum Malaria: Treatment Options in the UK 17: Emily Wise and Tom Doherty: Imported Plasmodium Vivax 18: Nick Feasey and Chris Parry: Typhoid Fever: Antibiotic Treatment Choices 19: Catherine Roberts and William Newsholme: Hospital Acquired Legionella Pneumonia 20: Jasmine Islam and Martin Llwellyn: Severe Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) 21: Kate El Bouzidi and Mathew Laundy: Staphylococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection 22: James Price and Martin Llwellyn: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Bacteraemia 23: Sathyavani Subbarao and Claire Thomas: Pneumococcal Meningitis: Antibiotic Options for Resistant Organisms 24: Julia Howard and Sorrush Soleimanian: Urinary Sepsis: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) 25: Amber Arnold, Jayne Ellis and Robert Hill: Disseminated Nocardiosis 26: Rishi Dhillon, Amber Arnold and Hugo Donaldson: Urinary Sepsis: Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Producing (ESBL) E. coli 27: James Hatcher and Michael Loebinger: Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis 28: Maryam Mirfenderesky and David E. Griffith: The Treatment of Mycobacterium Abscessus Lung Disease 29: Caoimhe Gogarty and Mike Brown: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis 30: Naghum Dawood and Catherine Cosgrove: Diagnostic and Management Issues in Tuberculous Meningitis 31: Georgina Russell, Sally O'Connor and Felix Chua: Treated Pulmonary Tuberculous Complicated by Sarcoidosis
Amber Arnold, Specialty Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, St George's Hospital, London, UK, George Griffin, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, St George's Hospital, London, UK
