Nandini Shetty, Julian W Tang, Julie Andrews

Infectious Disease

Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Case Studies

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Produktbeschreibung

"... a fun and readable book that engages the imagination and retains the interest of the clinically oriented reader while conveying an understanding of the direct implications of molecular characteristics of infectious agents to the practice of medicine.

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Als man begann Infektionskrankheiten zu erforschen, konzentrierte man sich vornehmlich auf die Dokumentation dieser epidemisch auftretender Erkrankungen. Im Verlauf der Jahre hat sich die Forschung grundlegend gewandelt. Heute werden Infektionskrankheiten als dynamisches Phänomen angesehen: Die Ökologie des Erregers, pathogenetische Abläufe im Wirt, die Entstehung von Reservoirs und Vektoren sowie die komplexen Mechanismen, die zur Ausbreitung von Infektionen führen und deren Ausmaß bestimmen, sind Gegenstand der Forschung. Die schnelle Globalisierung hat weltweit zu einem nie da gewesenen Interesse an Infektionskrankheiten und deren Auswirkungen auf komplexe dynamische Abläufe in Bevölkerungsgruppen, wie Migration, Hunger, Naturkatastrophen, Krieg und Terrorismus, geführt. Für das öffentliche Gesundheitswesen ist nun überaus wichtig, die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen von Infektionskrankheiten zu verstehen. Auch Studenten, die sich mit dem Thema befassen, müssen ein breiteres Verständnis der Folgen von Infektionskrankheiten für die Bevölkerung entwickeln und wissen, wie sie im Klinikalltag damit umgehen und präventiv tätig werden können. Die eindeutige Forderung nach einem integrativen Ansatz hat zur Veröffentlichung dieses Werkes geführt.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405135430
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 664
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 225mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 2140g
• ISBN-13: 9781405135436
• ISBN-10: 1405135433
• Artikelnr.: 23585760

Autorenporträt

Nandini Shetty is an MD, FRCPath, MSc (Epidemiology and Statistics). She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free and University College London Medical School and she is uniquely well-qualified for authorship of this book as she has had experience teaching infectious disease from all three perspectives, basic science, public health and medical. Her clinical activities include the diagnosis and management of community and hospital acquired infection at the University College London Group of Hospitals. As a member of the faculty of the Health Protection Agency she has an important role in managing the Public Health aspects of Communicable Disease in the UK. Julian Wei-Tze Tang is a PhD, MRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Virologist at the National University Hospital in Singapore. He is a clinical/academic virologist interested in all aspects (pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, control and epidemiology) of viruses that can cause disease in humans - particularly HIV, influenza, and newly emerging viruses. He completed all his specialist training in the UK and has worked and taught students in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Julie Andrews is an MRCP FRCPath, Consultant Microbiologist at the Whittington Hospital in London. She completed her training from University College and other affiliated hospitals in London. Her current position involves the diagnosis and management of infection in the community and the hospital and includes infection prevention and control. She also has responsibility for tutoring medical students from the Royal Free and University College London Medical School.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAP 1. INTRODUCTION. I. Microbial aetiology of disease and normal flora.
Description of bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi as relevant to the
rest of the course.. II. Antimicrobial Agents.. Brief classification,
principles of use, mechanism of action and mechanisms of bacterial evasion
and resistance.. III. Introduction to basic principles of epidemiology..
Investigation of outbreaks, public health aspects of infectious diseases
with emphasis on prevention and control.. CHAP 2. A SYSTEMS BASED APPROACH
TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES. All sections will include where appropriate:
Aetiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and
control. Common epidemiological scenarios. Clinical cases, with problem
solving exercises, data and laboratory interpretation with images.. I.
Infections of the musculo-skeletal system. II. Gastroenteritis. III.
Cardiac and Respiratory Tract infections. IV. Infections of the Central
Nervous System. V. Infections of the Genito-urinary System. VI. Obstetric,
Congenital and Neonatal Infections. CHAP 3. INFECTIONS OF GLOBAL IMPACT. I.
Tuberculosis. II. Malaria. III. HIV/AIDS. IV. Hepatitis. CHAP 4. EMERGING
AND RESURGENT INFECTIONS * SARS * Viral haemorrhagic fevers * West Nile
virus * Hanta virus infections * Diphtheria * Dengue

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"A fun and readable book that engages the imagination and retains the interest of the clinically orientated reader while conveying an understanding of the direct implications of molecular characteristics of infectious agents to the practise of medicine."

Louisa Chapman, Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2010

"This book provides a valuable overview of the basic principles and issues pertaining to the pathogenesis and prevention of infectious diseases. The illustrations, the chapter summaries with relevant information, and the case studies are all particularly useful for the targeted readers. The book is well designed and manages to convey the general concepts of the various aspects of infectious diseases without overwhelming."

Stella U. Kalu and Tasnee Chonmaitree, Clinical infectious diseases, January 2010