Opis: Manson's Tropical Diseases - David Lalloo, Gagandeep Kang, Thomas Junghanss

From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, Manson's Tropical Diseases prepares you to effectively handle whatever your patients may have contracted. Featuring an internationally recognized editorial team, global contributors, and expert authors, this revised and updated medical reference book provides you with the latest coverage on parasitic and infectious diseases from around the world. ."..an excellent book on all aspects of tropical medicine.including traditional medicine, environmental disorders, psychiatry, and oral health, as well as infections. The system-based and disease-based approach is cross referenced well and is particularly effective in the online version of the book...It is very clinically oriented and should be a great resource for practitioners or students of this subject." - Doody's Review Service, Review of the 22nd Edition "The description of Manson's as a travel medicine text is fitting. For those wishing to have an encyclopedic but yet practical reference on disease in and out of the tropics, Manson's should prove to be a good purchase." Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, March 20091 History of tropical medicine, and medicine in the tropics Section 1: Public Health & Economics 2 Global health 3 Global health governance and tropical diseases 4 The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health Section 2: Health Research and Ethics 5 Ethics and Tropical Diseases: Some Global Considerations Section 3: Epidemiology 6 Issues and challenges of public-health research in developing countries Section 4: Clinical assessment 7 Emergency and intensive care medicine in resource poor settings 8 Ultrasound in tropical medicine Section 5: Viral Infection 9 HIV: Epidemiology in the Tropics 10 Clinical Features and Management of HIV/AIDS 11 HIV/AIDS in children 12 HIV/AIDS prevention 13 Viral hepatitis 14 Arbovirus infections 15 Dengue 16 Viral hemorrhagic fevers 17 Rabies 18 Rotavirus and other viral diarrhea 19 Respiratory viruses and atypical bacteria 20 Viral Exanthems 21 Virus infections of the nervous system Section 6: Bacterial Infections 22 Tropical rickettsial infections 23 Sexually transmitted infections (excluding HIV) 24 Bacterial Enteropathogens (Shigella, dystentery, cholorea, E coli) 25 Salmonella infections 26 Pneumococcal disease 27 Bacterial meningitis 28 Brucellosis 29 Noma, Actinomycisis and Nocardia 30 Bartonellosis, Cat-scratch Disease, Trench Fever, Human Erlichiosis 31 Anthrax 32 Tetanus 33 Plague 34 Melioidosis 35 Diphtheria 36 Endemic treponematosis including yaws and other spirochetes 37 Leptospirosis Section 7: Fungal Infections 38 Fungal Infections 39 Pneumocystis jirovecii infection Section 8: Mycobacterial Infections 40 Tuberculosis 41 Leprosy 42 Mycobacterium ulcerans disease Section 9: Protozoan Infections 43 Malaria 44 Babesiosis 45 Human African trypanosomiasis 46 American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease 47 Leishmaniasis 48 Toxoplasmosis 49 Intestinal Protozoa 50 Pathogenic and Opportunistic Free-Living Amebae: Agents of Human and Animal Disease 51 Trichomonas vaginalis Section 10: Helminthic Infections 52 Schistosomiasis 53 Food-borne Trematodes 54 The filariases 55 Soil-transmitted Helminths (Geohelminths) 56 Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis 57 Other Cestode Infections: Intestinal cestodes, cysticercosis, other larval cestode infections Section 11: Ectoparasites 58 Scabies 59 Louse infestation 60 Other Ectoparasites: Leeches, Myiasis and Sand fleas Section 12: Non-communicable diseases in the tropics 61 Non-Communicable Diseases: Equity, Action & Targets 62 Cardiovascular and vascular disease in the tropics including stroke, hypertension and ischemic heart disease 63 Diabetes in the tropics 64 Cancer in the tropics 65 Hematological diseases in the tropics 66 Renal disease in the tropics 67 Ophthalmology in the tropics and subtropics 68 Dermatological problems 69 Musculoskeletal disorders 70 Respiratory problems in the tropics 71 Tropical Neurology 72 Psychiatry 73 Tropical Oral Health Section 13: Environmental Disorders 74 Environmental Stress 75 Venomous and poisonous animals 76 Plant poisons and traditional medicines Section 14: Nutrition 77 Nutrition-associated Disease 78 Obesity in the tropics Section 15: Maternal/child health 79 Obstetrics in the tropics 80 Pediatrics in the tropics Appendices - A1 Clinical laboratory diagnosis A2 Parasitic Protozoa A3 Medical helminthology A4 Medical acarology and entomology A5 Sources of Information in Tropical Medicine

Szczegóły: Manson's Tropical Diseases - David Lalloo, Gagandeep Kang, Thomas Junghanss

Tytuł: Manson's Tropical Diseases
Autor: David Lalloo, Gagandeep Kang, Thomas Junghanss
Producent: W.B. Saunders Company
ISBN: 9780702051012
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 1360
Oprawa: brak formatu

Recenzje: Manson's Tropical Diseases - David Lalloo, Gagandeep Kang, Thomas Junghanss