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Tropical diseases : a practical guide for medical practitioners and students /

'Tropical Diseases' outlines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases encountered in developing regions-areas where the unexpected can occur and where Western medical capabilities are often unavailable. Taking a pragmatic approach, it is an invaluable reference and resource for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Meunier, Yann A. (Autor), Hole, Michael (Autor), Shumba, Takudzwa (Autor), Swanner, B. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Disease and patient introduction
  • Parasitic diseases
  • Adult parasite location
  • Blood and lymphatic systems
  • Digestive tract
  • Lungs
  • Nails and hair
  • Sexual organs
  • Skin and integumentary system
  • Urinary tract
  • Parasitic dead ends and larval diseases
  • Deep fungal diseases
  • Basidiobolomycosis
  • Blastomycosis (North American or Gilchrist Disease or Chicago disease)
  • Blastomycosis (South American or Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease)
  • Chromomycosis
  • Coccidioidomycosis (or Posadas-Wernicke, or Posadas-Rixford disease)
  • Conidiobolomycosis
  • Histoplasmosis (African)
  • Histoplasmosis (American or Darling disease)
  • Lobomycosis (or Jorge Lobo disease)
  • Mycetoma (or Madura foot)
  • Pythiosis
  • Rhinosporidiosis
  • Scytalidiosis
  • Bacterial, chlamydial, and prion diseases
  • Bacterial diseases
  • Chlamydial diseases
  • Prion disease
  • Viral diseases
  • Common diseases
  • Rare diseases
  • Tropical health hazards
  • Animal-induced diseases
  • Exotic food poisoning
  • Heat-related illnesses
  • Travelers and tropical diseases
  • Antibiotic resistance.