Consultations in infectious disease : a case based approach to diagnosis and management /

Infectious diseases have plagued man throughout history. In the era of modern medicine antibiotics and vaccines brought the hope of liberation from the great scourges of smallpox, polio, and tuberculosis. Yet, in the ensuing decades as we hoped to close the book on infectious diseases, we have inste...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Caplivski, Daniel
Otros Autores: Scheld, W. Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Oxford American infectious disease library.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > Diagnosis > Case studies.
Central nervous system > Infections > Diagnosis > Case studies.
Communicable Diseases > diagnosis
Communicable Diseases > therapy
Central Nervous System Infections > diagnosis
Central Nervous System Infections > therapy
MEDICAL > Diagnosis.
MEDICAL > Laboratory Medicine.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Assessment & Diagnosis.
Communicable diseases > Diagnosis.
Case Reports
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Infectious diseases have plagued man throughout history. In the era of modern medicine antibiotics and vaccines brought the hope of liberation from the great scourges of smallpox, polio, and tuberculosis. Yet, in the ensuing decades as we hoped to close the book on infectious diseases, we have instead been confronted by wave upon wave of new assailants. AIDS, SARS, pandemic influenza, and multi-drug resistant bacteria demonstrated how our technological advances have either fallen short in halting or even enhanced the spread of emerging pathogens. International air travel has collapsed geograph.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199909100
0199909105

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