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This reference covers the diagnosis and treatment of 200 infectious diseases. Grouped by topic and arranged alphabetically, approximately 500 entries present the essential data, including clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, as well as offering advice for particular difficulties. Chief complaints, specific infections and diseases, microorganisms, and drugs and vaccines are all discussed. The editors teach medicine at Tufts University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The 5-Minute Infectious Diseases Consult features the same two-page outline format that has distinguished other titles in the 5-Minute Consult series. Specialists in infectious disease, family practitioners, and residents will appreciate this first-line resource filled with clinical pearls on diagnosing and treating common and uncommon infectious diseases. Definitions, etiology, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical manifestations, laboratory/imaging/pathology, microbiology, differential diagnosis, management, prognosis, and follow-up are all presented in the fast-access format that has made the other 5-Minute titles so popular among busy clinicians.
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