An expert editorial team has brought together a panel of contributors to produce this beautifully illustrated guide to the major infectious diseases that a clinician is likely to meet. Key topics covered include avian influenza, SARS and hMPV; other viral infections such as hepatitis and HIV/AIDS; infectious agents responsible for diarrhea disease in Western and developing countries; and other infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Each chapter is comprehensively illustrated with photographs, images and charts, distilling the authors' extensive expertise and experience.
An essential aid for any infection specialist and any practicing physician who is called upon to treat infectious disease.
Editors: Robert Salata and David Bobak, Division of Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio.