Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Skolnik, Neil S. (Editor), Albert, Ross H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2008.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Infectious diseases.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

Although infectious disease mortality is decreasing, the disease burden remains substantial as many new infections have been identified and some well-established infectious diseases have reemerged. This book provides an easy-to-use, practical, yet comprehensive resource for family practitioners to u...

Table of Contents:

• Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
• Clinical Guidelines
• Pharyngitis
• Treatment and Management of Acute Otitis Media
• Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations and Acute Bronchitis
• 5 Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Testing and Treatment
• Acute Sinusitis
• Gastrointestinal Infections
• Gastroenteritis
• Hepatitis
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Skin, Bone, and Joint Infection
• Cellulitis and Skin Infections Associated with Bites
• Diabetic Foot Infections
• Osteomyelitis
• Septic Arthritis and Infectious Bursitis
• Lyme Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
• Other Infectious Disease Topics
• Infective Endocarditis
• Meningitis
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Adult Immunizations
• Clinical Ethics and Infectious Disease in Family Medicine.