Nick Beeching, Geoff Gill

Tropical Medicine

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing a comprehensive introduction to the study of tropical medicine, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include new content and more illustrations and clinical photographs to aid understanding. Now fully supported by a companion website containing hundreds of interactive multiple-choice questions, and available in a range of digital formats, Tropical Medicine Lecture Notes is the perfect resource for study and revision, and is the ideal companion for those practising medicine in tropical and sub-tropical regions.

New edition of the best-selling tropical medicine textbook
Brand new chapters covering Ophthalmology and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Increased coverage of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS
More colour illustrations and photographs for greater clarity and understanding
Fully supported by a companion website at www.lecturenoteseries.com/tropicalmed containing figures and summaries from the book in PowerPoint format, and hundreds of interactive MCQs (written by Dom Colbert)
Now available in a range of digital formats - perfect for on-the-go study and clinical practice

Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14565853000
• 7. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2014
• Abmessung: 238mm x 167mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780470658536
• ISBN-10: 0470658533
• Artikelnr.: 38608435

Autorenporträt

Nick Beeching is Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Geoff Gill is Emeritus Professor of International Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
vii Preface
ix List of abbreviations
x New drug names
xiii How to use your textbook
xiv About the companion website
xvii Part 1 A general approach to syndromes/symptom complexes
1 1 Gastrointestinal presentations
3 2 Respiratory presentations
11 3 Neurological presentations
16 4 Febrile presentations
24 5 Dermatological presentations
29 6 The patient with anaemia
33 7 A syndromic approach to sexually transmitted infections
38 8 Splenomegaly in the tropics
47 Part 2 Major tropical infections
51 9 Malaria
53 10 Visceral leishmaniasis
70 11 Cutaneous leishmaniasis
77 12 Tuberculosis
82 13 HIV infection and disease in the tropics
96 14 Onchocerciasis
filariasis and loiasis
126 15 African trypanosomiasis
141 16 South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease)
148 17 Schistosomiasis
151 18 Leprosy
163 Part 3 Other tropical diseases
175 19 Amoebiasis
177 20 Bacillary dysentery
183 21 Cholera
186 22 Giardiasis and other intestinal protozoal infections
190 23 Intestinal cestode infections (tapeworms) including cysticercosis
195 24 Soil-transmitted helminths
199 25 Viral hepatitis
205 26 Liver and intestinal flukes
214 27 Hydatid disease
218 28 Pneumonia
222 29 Lung flukes
229 30 Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
231 31 Pyogenic meningitis
233 32 Cryptococcal meningitis
241 33 Encephalitis
243 34 Acute flaccid paralysis
248 35 Spastic paralysis
251 36 Rabies
254 37 Tetanus
259 38 Brucellosis
262 39 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
267 40 Arboviruses
273 41 Viral haemorrhagic fevers
276 42 Dengue and yellow fever
283 43 Relapsing fevers
289 44 Rickettsial infections
292 45 Leptospirosis
294 46 Melioidosis
297 47 Tropical ulcer
299 48 Buruli ulcer
301 49 Myiasis
305 50 Cutaneous larva migrans
307 51 Scabies and lice
309 52 Strongyloidiasis
311 53 Guinea worm infection (dracunculiasis)
315 54 Histoplasmosis
317 55 Other fungal infections
319 56 Haemoglobinopathies and red cell enzymopathies
321 57 Haematinic deficiencies
326 58 Bites and stings
330 59 Non-communicable diseases
334 60 Refugee health
351 61 Syndromes of malnutrition
358 62 Eye disease in the tropics
364 63 Neglected tropical diseases
372 Index
381

Rezensionen

"This is a comprehensive review of many tropical diseases, appropriately updated from the previous edition, that accomplishes its educational purpose by presenting material in a way that makes learning uncomplicated and enhancing it with online materials and multiple-choice questions." (Doody's, 9 January 2015)