Manson's tropical diseases: [online + print]

From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, be prepared for whatever your patients bring back. The revised and updated 22nd edition of Manson's Tropical Diseases provides you with the latest coverage on emerging and re-emerging diseases from around the world, such as multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis and malaria, the avian flu, and more. Boxes and tables highlight key information on current therapies. And now, as an Expert Consult title, you can access the information you need online as well as in print! Covers every aspect of Tropical Medicine in detail, not just infections. Takes both a system-based and a disease approach, with extensive cross-referencing to minimize duplication. Includes a strong clinical focus, emphasized by clinical management diagrams. Features leading experts in the field, with contributions from clinicians who are based full-time in the tropics. Features up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on Africa; malaria; tropical gastroenterological problems; dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever; tuberculosis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; SARS; avian flu; bartonellosis, cat-scratch disease, trench fever, human erlichiosis; and more. Describes the latest therapies, such as recently approved drugs and new treatment options, so you can incorporate them into to your practice. Presents global perspectives from the world's leaders in this specialty to put the latest expert knowledge to work foryou and your patients. Highlights key information with more boxes and tables so you can find what you need easily and apply it quickly. Allows you to access the complete contents online, plus appendices on Laboratory Diagnosis, Parasitic Protozoa, Medical Helminthology, Nematodes, Trematodes, Cestodes, MedicalAcarology and Entomology, and Sources of Information in Tropical Medicine. INDICE: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the twenty-second edition. List of contributors. History or tropical medicine, and medicine in the tropics. Section 1: Underlying factors in tropical medicine. Section 2: Symptoms and signs. Section3: System-oriented disease. Section 4: Related specialities in the tropics. Section 5: Environmental/genetic disorders. Section 6: Viral infection. Section 7: Rickettsial infections. Section 8: Bacterial infections. Section 9: Mycotic infections. Section 10: Protozoan infections. Section 11: Helminthic infections. Section 12: Ectoparasites. Appendices (ONLINE ONLY): Laboratory diagnosis. Parasitic Protozoa. Medical helminthology. Medical acarologyand entomology. Sources of information in tropical medicine. Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4160-4470-3
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 1830
• Fecha Publicación: 15/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés