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A new case-based approach to teaching infectious disease pharmacotherapy to pharmacy students

Reflecting the growing demand for healthcare providers versed in infectious disease pharmacotherapy, this innovative new text provides an essential examination of the subject through patient cases seen in actual practice. Assuming little prior knowledge of infectious diseases on the reader's part, the text covers both common and uncommon presentations, as well as disease states not found in similar textbooks.

Infectious Diseases Case Study Approach for PharmDs includes multiple-choice questions along with detailed explanations for both correct and incorrect answer choices, and valuable insight into each disease state. With this valuable resource, pharmacy students will learn how to apply pharmacotherapy concepts to real-world situations.

Features:

* Coverage of myriad disease states, including bacterial infections, prosthetic joint infections, bite wounds, encephalitis, and sexually transmitted diseases
* Students will learn how to apply concepts to real-world situations
* Includes enlightening clinical pearls for numerous disease states
* Multiple-choice questions with complete answers, and more

Contents:

Infectious Diseases: A Case Study ApproachJonathan C. Cho 1: Influenza2: Acute Otitis Media3: Acute Bronchitis4: Pharyngitis5: Community-Acquired Pneumonia6: Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia7: Cystitis8: Pyelonephritis9: Bacterial Meningitis10: Viral Encephalitis11: Infective Endocarditis12: Sepsis13: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Opportunistic Infections14: Febrile Neutropenia15: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection I16: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection II17: Necrotizing Fasciitis18: Diabetic Foot Infection19: Vertebral Osteomyelitis20: Prosthetic Joint Infection21: Intra-Abdominal Infections22: Clostridioides difficile Infection23: Traveler's Diarrhea24: Hepatitis C25: Syphilis26: Herpes27: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea28: Bacterial Vaginosis, Vulvovaginal Candidiasis, and Trichomoniasis29: Superficial Fungal Infections30: Cryptococcus31: Aspergillosis32: Protozoans33: Nematodes34: TuberculosisCopyrightNotice