Infectious Diseases
2nd Edition
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Description
Infectious Diseases, Second Edition furnishes the basic facts regarding the common infections encountered in the British Isles. The infectious diseases covered in this edition include varicella and herpes zoster, smallpox, tetanus, measles, mumps, influenza, and acute respiratory disease. The poliomyelitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, malaria, tuberculosis, cytomegalic inclusion disease, and rabies are also discussed. This book likewise deliberates the host-parasite relationship, control of infection in hospitals, sterilization and disinfection, pyrexia of undetermined origin (PUO), and public health law. This publication is valuable not only to clinicians but also to epidemiologists, microbiologists and community physicians whose work is connected with the many problems in the field of acute medicine.
Table of Contents
Chapter I The Host-Parasite Relationship
Chapter II Rashes
Chapter III Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
Chapter IV Cytomegalovirus Infections
Chapter V Infectious Mononucleosis
Chapter VII Varicella and Herpes Zoster
Chapter VIII Smallpox (Variola)
Chapter IX Vaccinia and Vaccination
Chapter IX Rubella
Chapter X Measles
Chapter XI Mumps
Chapter XII Influenza
Chapter XIII Acute Respiratory Disease
Chapter XIV Virus Infections of the Central Nervous System
Chapter XV Poliomyelitis
Chapter XVI Coxsackie and Echo Virus Infections
Chapter XVII Benign Myalgie Eneephalomyelitis (Epidemic Neuromyasthenia)
Chapter XVIII Virus Hepatitis
Chapter XIX Roseola Infantum
Chapter XX Bacterial Meningitis
Chapter XXI Streptococcal Infections
Chapter XXII Staphylococcal Infections
Chapter XXIII Diphtheria
Chapter XXIV Tuberculosis
Chapter XXV Tetanus
Chapter XXVI Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Chapter XXVII Gastro-Enteritis
Chapter XXVIII Bacillary Dysentery
Chapter XXIX Food Poisoning
Chapter XXX Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
Chapter XXXI Cholera
Chapter XXXII Brucellosis
Chapter XXXIII Anthrax
Chapter XXXIV Leptospirosis
Chapter XXXV Toxoplasmosis
Chapter XXXVI Cat Scratch Disease
Chapter XXXVII Rabies
Chapter XXXVIII Malaria
Chapter XXXIX Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Chapter XL Chemotherapy
Chapter XLI Immunization
Chapter XLII Control of Infection in Hospital
Chapter XLIII Sterilization and Disinfection
Chapter XLIV Pyrexia of Undetermined Origin (PUO)
Chapter XLV Laboratory Investigations
Chapter XLVI Public Health Law
Index
Details
- No. of pages:
- 414
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 1978
- Published:
- 1st January 1967
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781483192840
About the Authors
A. Melvin Ramsay
Ronald T. D. Emond
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