Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases.

Beginning with an overview, the following chapters provide in depth coverage of different types of infectious disease, from mosquito and tick-borne conditions, human and animal bites, and mycobacterial infections, to viruses, parasites, tuberculosis, meningitis, and much more.

Complete chapters are dedicated to hospital-acquired infections and infections in transplant recipients. The final section discusses vaccinology. Each topic is enhanced by the latest clinical information, diagnostic challenges, and new insights on disease control.

The thorough text is highly illustrated with clinical images and tables to assist learning.

Key Points

Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of infectious diseases
Covers numerous infections from different sources
Includes chapters dedicated to hospital-acquired infections
Topics enhanced by latest clinical information, diagnostic challenges, and new insights on disease control

Contents:

An Overview
Febrile Illnesses
Fever Beyond Malaria in Indian Hospital Settings
Mosquito-borne Diseases
Tick-borne Diseases
Hemorrhagic Febrile Viral Illnesses
Bacterial Sepsis/Meningitis: Targeted, Empiric and Specific Antibiotics
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Adults/Children
Animal and Human Bites and Scratches
Acute Pharyngitis, Otitis Media and Mastoiditis
Infections of the Respiratory System
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Childhood Tuberculosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Infective Endocarditis Prevention
Gastrointestinal Infections
Urinary Tract Infections
Bone and Joint Infections
Viral Infections (Systemic)
Fungal Infections (Systemic)
Parasitic Infections
Hospital-acquired Infections and Healthcare-associated Infections
Doctrine in Anti-infective Therapy and Newer Drugs
Infections in Transplant Recipients
Repeated Infections (Due to Immunodeficiencies)
Reproductive and Obstetrical Infectious Diseases
Prion Diseases of the Central Nervous System (Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease)
Microbiome (Bacterial Community Interactions: Human Microbiota, Human Microbiome, Biofilms)
Vaccinology: Principles and Practice

Index