Infectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered

From the Publisher 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. Infectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered 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, Infectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered is perfect for medical students and junior doctors, infectious disease nurses, nursing students and nurse practitioners. Editorial Reviews - Infectious Disease From the Publisher 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. Infectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered 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, Infectious Disease: Clinical Cases Uncovered is perfect for medical students and junior doctors, infectious disease nurses, nursing students and nurse practitioners. Features - Infectious Disease Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface vii Acknowledgements viii How to use this book ix List of abbreviations x Part 1 Basics 1 Laboratory diagnosis of infection 1 Antimicrobial chemotherapy 13 Infection and immunity 22 Approach to the patient 28 Part 2 Cases 34 Case 1 A 68-year-old woman with bloody diarrhoea 34 Case 2 A 73-year-old man who has been feeling generally unwell for 2 weeks 38 Case 3 A 36-year-old man with hospital-acquired pneumonia 42 Case 4 A 26-year-old male with jaundice 45 Case 5 A 28-year-old female student with severe headache and drowsiness 49 Case 6 A 30-year-old female with a vesicular skin rash 57 Case 7 A 37-year-old man with fever and pleuritic pain 61 Case 8 A 14-yea