Concise Handbook of Infectious Diseases

This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases.

Beginning with an overview, the following chapters provide in depth coverage of different types of infectious disease, from mosquito and tick-borne conditions, human and animal bites, and mycobacterial infections, to viruses, parasites, tuberculosis, meningitis, and much more.

Complete chapters are dedicated to hospital-acquired infections and infections in transplant recipients. The final section discusses vaccinology. Each topic is enhanced by the latest clinical information, diagnostic challenges, and new insights on disease control.

The thorough text is highly illustrated with clinical images and tables to assist learning.

Key Points

• Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of infectious diseases
• Covers numerous infections from different sources
• Includes chapters dedicated to hospital-acquired infections
• Topics enhanced by latest clinical information, diagnostic challenges, and new insights on disease control

1. An Overview
2. Febrile Illnesses
3. Fever Beyond Malaria in Indian Hospital Settings
4. Mosquito-borne Diseases
5. Tick-borne Diseases
6. Hemorrhagic Febrile Viral Illnesses
7. Bacterial Sepsis/Meningitis: Targeted, Empiric and Specific Antibiotics
8. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Adults/Children
9. Animal and Human Bites and Scratches
10. Acute Pharyngitis, Otitis Media and Mastoiditis
11. Infections of the Respiratory System
12. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
13. Childhood Tuberculosis
14. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
15. Infective Endocarditis Prevention
16. Gastrointestinal Infections
17. Urinary Tract Infections
18. Bone and Joint Infections
19. Viral Infections (Systemic)
20. Fungal Infections (Systemic)
21. Parasitic Infections
22. Hospital-acquired Infections and Healthcare-associated Infections
23. Doctrine in Anti-infective Therapy and Newer Drugs
24. Infections in Transplant Recipients
25. Repeated Infections (Due to Immunodeficiencies)
26. Reproductive and Obstetrical Infectious Diseases
27. Prion Diseases of the Central Nervous System (Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease)
28. Microbiome (Bacterial Community Interactions: Human Microbiota, Human Microbiome, Biofilms)
29. Vaccinology: Principles and Practice
    Index

MI Sahadulla MD FRCP MBA
Chairman and Managing Director, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Healthcare Group, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India