Publisher's Synopsis
Principles and Practice: Authoritative, comprehensive, and practical, this second edition covers the infectious diseases of childhood and is organized by syndrome as well as organism. Written by the premier authorities on the subject, it contains a wealth of pertinent information and has been called the best, most useful textbook in the field today. Clinically and therapeutically - oriented, it includes sections on understanding, controlling, and preventing infectious disease; clinical syndromes and cardinal features; etiologic agents of disease; and lab diagnosis and therapy.
MD Consult Infectious Disease: Integrates the most respected content and perspectives in the field supported by renowned reference books, Infectious Disease journals, practice guidelines, drug information, and patient handouts.
- Principles and Practice
- Comprehensive information is authoritative and readily accessible.
- Content is offered for diagnosis, management, and prevention of any infectious disease - not in multiple volumes, but in a single source.
- Specific content is included on infection control, immunizations, understanding biostatistics, testing and using antimicrobial agents.
- Content is clinically and therapeutically oriented with three problem - solving approaches and three goals ¯ understanding the problem, diagnosing correctly, and providing appropriate management.
- The textbook outline and content provide excellent curriculum for study and match content specifications for the ABP subspecialty certifying examination.
- The generous use of tables, graphics, and pictorials delivers major points, offers quick review, and facilitates slide making for lectures.
- The editors and authors of each content area are highly recognizable experts from recommending bodies ¯ resulting in consistency and standard - of - care approaches throughout the text.
- Carefully written and edited, it offers a uniform focus, with minimum redundancy or extraneous information.
- MD Consult Infectious Disease
- Seven of the world's best medical journals and clinics, plus MEDLINE citations.
- Access to the ultimate clinical infectious disease reference books.
- Drug information for more than 30,000 medications from Mosby's Drug Consult.
- 150 of peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines.
- 100 educational, customizable patient handouts.
- Principles and Practice
- Content has been thoroughly reviewed and extensively updated throughout.
- New insights are offered into the global perspective on emergence and control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
- Other new or expanded information includes the use of immunoglobulin products, a primer in biostatistics, inflammatory mediators, the latest schedule of immunizations, spongiform encephalopathies, recently discovered viruses, new antiviral therapies, new vaccine, fungal pathogens, and anti-infective agents.
- A pictorial compendium of arthropods and associated diseases has been added.
- Websites and telephone numbers are included for key resources
- Tables, figures, slide - ready graphics, clinical photographs, and the latest imaging pictorials have been maximized to improve their usefulness.
- MD Consult Infectious Disease
- New edition of Health Information for the International Traveler
- New sections: What Patient's Are Reading & Drug Updates
