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9780723423287: Infectious Dideases

Synopsis

Winner! British Medical Association Medical Book Awards - Medicine Section 2000! Here for the first time is a clinically-oriented textbook of infectious diseases that is written and edited by a truly international team of authors and lavishly illustrated by almost 1,800 colour photographs, artworks, tables and maps. Consistently organised chapters and innovative design features aid readability and rapid assimilation of information. The book is packaged in 2 volumes and organised into 8 sections: Introduction to Infectious Diseases, Syndromes by Body System, Special Problems in Infectious Disease Practice, Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, HIV and AIDS, Geographic and Travel Medicine, Anti-Infective Therapy and Clinical Microbiology. Unique to this book are Practice Points, short 'mini-chapters' that give practical advice on the management of everyday clinical problems that are particularly difficult either to diagnose or to treat. This innovative book combines exhaustive coverage with accessibility and will provide you with an indispensable, comprehensive but user-friendly reference to infectious diseases.

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À propos de l'auteur

Donald Armstrong is an immensely experienced and well-respected clinician and teacher, now sem
-retired but still working part-time in the busy setting of Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City, wher he is Chief of the ID service. Known especially for his work on AIDS and the immunocompromised host, he is Past President of the Infectious Disease Society of America.

Jonathan Cohen is one of the few Professors of ID in the UK. Extremely dynamic, he is the founder member and Chairman of the Clinical Infection Society and is internationally respected for his work on sepsis.

Both Lead Editors have worked extensively outside their native countries, Donald Armstrong in China and Thailand, Jonathan Cohen in the USA.

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