{"product_id":"infectious-disease-isbn-9781405168915","title":"Infectious Disease","description":"Infectious Disease is a core topic within the clinical curriculum and students are expected to recognize, understand and know how to investigate and manage many infectious conditions.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered\u003c\/i\u003e leads students through a clinical approach to managing problems, with a question-answer approach developing the narrative. With self-assessment exercises using MCQs, EMQs and SAQs, \u003ci\u003eInfectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered\u003c\/i\u003e is perfect for medical students and junior doctors, infectious disease nurses, nursing students and nurse practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to use this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Basics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaboratory diagnosis of infection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntimicrobial chemotherapy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfection and immunity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApproach to the patient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Cases.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 1 A 68-year-old woman with bloody diarrhoea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 2 A 73-year-old man who has been feeling generally unwell for 2 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 3 A 36-year-old man with hospital-acquired pneumonia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 4 A 26-year-old male with jaundice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 5 A 28-year-old female student with severe headache and drowsiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 6 A 30-year-old female with a vesicular skin rash.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 7 A 37-year-old man with fever and pleuritic pain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 8 A 14-year-old school girl with a rash.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 9 A 68-year-old woman with fever and muscle pains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 10 A 35-year-old teacher with fever and chills on return from Malawi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 11 A 32-year-old man with night sweats and fatigue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 12 A 41-year-old male with a red, hot and swollen left lower leg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 13 An 18-year-old female student with vaginal discharge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 14 An outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting on an orthopaedic ward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 15 An antenatal visit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 16 Headache in a 35-year-old South African woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 17 A 64-year-old man with fever and rigors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 18 A 42-year-man with fever, cough and myalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 19 A 75-year-old man with a sore hip.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 20 A 24-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukaemia who has developed a fever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 21 A 53-year-old man with fever, severe back pain and abdominal pain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 22 A 20-year-old female student with a rash, fever, myalgia and diarrhoea.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 23 A 54-year-old man with a cough and night sweats.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase 24 A 15-year-old boy with fever and a sore throat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3 Self-assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMCQs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEMQs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAQs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of cases by diagnosis or organism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamish McKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Medical Education and Honorary Consultant Microbiologist, School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Laing\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander McKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePamela Molyneaux\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant Virologist and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbhjit Bal\u003c\/b\u003e, SpR in Medical Microbiology and Honorary Clinical Lecturer; Consultant Microbiologist, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLINICAL CASES UNCOVERED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet the most from clinical practice, with \u003ci\u003eClinical Cases Uncovered\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfectious Disease is a core topic within the clinical curriculum and students are expected to recognize, understand and know how to investigate and manage many infectious conditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered\u003c\/i\u003e leads students through a clinical approach to managing problems, with a question-answer approach developing the narrative. 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