P. D. Welsby

Infectious Diseases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Traditionally only those physicians with many years of experience in a particular speciality chose to commit their accumulated knowledge to print for general consumption. Although of relatively tender years I can remember and sympathize with the problems of learning the 'Infectious Disease Trade' as a medical student and later as a junior hospital doctor. This book is an attempt to journey through and remedy my ignorance-in retrospect. I have thus attempted to provide an unashamedly clinical intro duction to Infectious Diseases which is of particular interest and use to medical students and junior hospital staff, especially those about to enter General Practice. I hope I have succeeded. Suggested further reading Christie, A. B. (1974). Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Clinical Practice. (Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone) Hoeprich, P. D. (1977). Infectious Diseases. (London: Harper and Row) Ramsay, A. M. and Emond, R. T. D. (1978). Infectious Diseases. (London: Heinemann Medical Books) Youmans, G. P. , Paterson, P. Y. and Sommers, H. M. (1975). The Biologic and Clinical Basis of Infectious Disease. (W. B. Saunders Company) 1 1 Infection and infectious diseases: basic principles INTRODUCTION Infection may be defined as an abnormal state caused by multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in or on the body of a host: this may cause disease, have no observable effect, or may even be of benefit to an infected host.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-011-7250-9
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9789401172509
• ISBN-10: 9401172501
• Artikelnr.: 39916635

Inhaltsangabe

1 Infection and infectious diseases: basic principles.- Criteria of pathogenicity.- The host's natural defences.- Diagnosis of infection.- Infection and the blood.- Isolation of patients.- 2 Bacterial infection.- A clinically biased account of common pathogenic bacteria.- Other notable pathogenic bacteria.- Commonly used antibacterial drugs: a brief review.- 3 Viral infections.- Mechanisims of viral pathogenicity.- A clinically biased account of common pathogenic viruses.- Therapy of viral infections.- 4 Fungal infections.- Superficial fungal infections.- Intermediate fungal infections.- Deep fungal infections.- Therapy of fungal infections.- 5 Protozoal infections.- Amoebic infections.- Babesosis.- Giardia lamblia.- Leismaniasis.- Malaria.- Pneumocystis carinii.- Toxoplasma gondii.- Trichomonas vaginalis.- Trypanosomiasis.- 6 Worm infections.- Cestodes.- Nematodes.- Trematodes.- 7 Other infections.- Chlamydia.- Insects.- Rickettsial infections.- Presumed infections.- 8 Respiratory tract infections.- Childhood respiratory tract infections.- Repiratory tract infections common to adults and children.- 'Typical' bacterial pneumonias.- 'Non-typical' pneumonias.- Sore throats and mouths.- 9 Jaundice.- Mechanisms of jaundice.- Clinical identification of the mechanisms of jaundice.- TFurther investigations of the mechanism of jaundice.- Clinical syndromes.- Infections associated with diffuse cholestasis.- Treatment of hepatitis.- Prognosis of hepatitis.- 10 Persistent pyrexias of unknown origin.- Persistent pyrexias in 'non-tropical' patients.- Febrile patients from the tropics and sub-tropics.- Febrile patients who have left Africa within the previous 3 weeks.- 11 Superficial manifestations of infectious diseases.- Three common childhood rashes.- Cutaneousmanifestations of other infectious diseases.- Cutaneous manifestations of other aetiologies.- Occupational infectious diseases associated with rashes.- Cutaneous manifestations of tropical diseases.- Genital manifestations of sexually transmitted disease.- Cutaneous manifestations of 'parainfectious' diseases.- Drug eruptions.- 12 Infection-related diseases of the nervous system.- Pyogenic meningitis; the three common pathogens.- Other causes of pyogenic meningitis.- Neonatal meningitis.- Lymphocytic meningitis: the three common pathogens.- Other causes of lymphocytic meningitis.- Uncommon infective causes of a lymphocytic meningitis.- Infection-related central nervous system illnesses associated with a normal or non-specific cerebrospinal fluid.- Slow virus infections.- Complications of acute meningitis.- Infection-related diseases which have their predominant effects on the peripheral nervous system.- Abscess formation affecting the nervous system.- Investigations in suspected nervous system infections.- 13 Vomiting and diarrhoea.- Infections in which vomiting is usually a predominant feature.- Infections in which diarrhoea is usually a predominant feature.- Infections in which either vomiting or diarrhoea may predominate.- The differential diagnosis of infection-related vomiting and diarrhoea.- Non-infectious diarrhoeas which may simulate infection-related diarrhoea.- Theoretical background to fluid and electrolyte balance.- Clinical assessment of water and metabolite balance.- The practical approach to therapy in patients with vomiting and diarrhoea of infective aetiology.- Guides to the progress of therapy.- Re-introduction of normal feeding.- 14 Prevention of infectious diseases.- Production of immunity.- Aspects of specific immunizations.- Live vaccines.-Vaccines prepared from inactivated bacterial cells.- Vaccines prepared from inactivated viral cells.- Toxoid preparations.- Variable preparations.- Immunizations for travel to tropical areas.- 15 Practical procedures in infectious diseases.- The cerebrospinal fluid: routine observations.- Further investigations of the cerebrospinal fluid.- A suggested scheme for taking blood from patients who have hepatitis B.- 16 Notification of infectious diseases.- Practical aspects of the treatment of infection.- Tropical check-ups.