Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care

Although infectious disease mortality is decreasing, the disease burden remains substantial as many new infections have been identified and some well-established infectious diseases have reemerged. This book provides an easy-to-use, practical, yet comprehensive resource for family practitioners to u...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Skolnik, Neil S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Current Clinical Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-034-2
Table of Contents:
  • Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Clinical Guidelines
  • Pharyngitis
  • Treatment and Management of Acute Otitis Media
  • Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations and Acute Bronchitis
  • 5 Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Testing and Treatment
  • Acute Sinusitis
  • Gastrointestinal Infections
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Hepatitis
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Skin, Bone, and Joint Infection
  • Cellulitis and Skin Infections Associated with Bites
  • Diabetic Foot Infections
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Septic Arthritis and Infectious Bursitis
  • Lyme Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
  • Other Infectious Disease Topics
  • Infective Endocarditis
  • Meningitis
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Adult Immunizations
  • Clinical Ethics and Infectious Disease in Family Medicine.