Infectious Diseases: Text with Continually Updated Online Reference, 2nd Edition (2 Volumes Set)

A clinically focused, readerfriendly format, and international scope make this landmark, twovolume reference unique among encyclopedic infectious disease resources. More than 300 worldwide experts cover all aspects of the investigation, diagnosis, and clinical management of every infectious condition. Abundant Practice Points convey valuable clinical pearls from the authors. The comprehensively updated 2nd Edition features an even more geographically diverse set of contributors than its predecessor, as well as brandnew information on nosocomial infections, HIV/AIDS, and many other timely topics.Infectious Diseases 2nd edition is now available as a stateoftheart multimedia resource. Buy the book and website package and save! With the online version you will get the entire contents from the 2volume set in fully searchable format plus: continuous content updates a complete library of easily downloadable electronic images links to key society web sites case studies with selfassessment practice guidelines and much more! More up to datewith expanded and updated coverage of nonsocomial infections and hospital infection control/antibiotic policies, HIV/AIDS infections in travelers, fungal infections, including new antifungal drug therapies currently under development, and much more. More userfriendlywith a consistent fullcolor format throughout. More efficient in its approach to differential diagnosisdiscussing conditions in proportion to their incidence. More international in scopefeaturing editors and authors, patient photographs, and treatment perspectives from around the world. More evidencebasedproviding uptodate supportive research data for therapeutic recommendations wherever available. More richly illustratedwith hundreds more fullcolor photographs and figures. WWW.IDREFERENCE.COM: Perform rapid electronic searches of the contents of the entire 2volume set. Continuous content updates during the life of edition (4 years). A complete library of easily downloadable electronic images. Case studies with selfassessment and practice guidelines.