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Author Langdon, Berenice C., author

Title Learning microbiology through clinical consultation / Berenice C. Langdon, Aodhán S. Breathnach
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016

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Contents Cover; Preface; Contents; List of infections and associated key microbes (Table P1.1); Contributors and Expert Reviewers; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Gastrointestinal; Case 1.1 Viral gastroenteritis; Case 1.2 Food-borne gastroenteritis; Case 1.3 Traveller's diarrhoea; Case 1.4 Duodenal ulcer; Case 1.5 Diarrhoea in hospital; Case 1.6 Normal bowel flora; Case 1.7 Hepatitis A; Case 1.8 Hepatitis B; Case 1.9 Hepatitis C; Case 1.10 Threadworm infection; Chapter 2 Cardiovascular; Case 2.1 Infective endocarditis; Chapter 3 Respiratory; Case 3.1 Community-acquired pneumonia
Case 3.2 Pneumonia in the immunocompromisedCase 3.3 Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Case 3.4 Tuberculosis; Case 3.5 Influenza; Case 3.6 Bronchiolitis; Case 3.7 Croup; Case 3.8 Viral pneumonia; Chapter 4 Central nervous system; Case 4.1 Bacterial meningitis; Case 4.2 Viral meningitis; Case 4.3 Neurosyphilis; Chapter 5 Urinary; Case 5.1 Recurrent urinary tract infection; Case 5.2 Pyelonephritis; Case 5.3 Schistosomiasis; Chapter 6 Genital; Case 6.1 Pelvic inflammatory disease; Case 6.2 Urethral discharge; Case 6.3 HIV seroconversion; Case 6.4 Vaginal thrush
Case 6.5 Bacterial vaginosisCase 6.6 Cervical screening; Case 6.7 Genital herpes; Chapter 7 Musculoskeletal; Case 7.1 Chronic osteomyelitis; Chapter 8 Eye; Case 8.1 Conjunctivitis; Case 8.2 Keratoconjunctivitis; Chapter 9 Ear, nose, and throat; Case 9.1 Cold/rhinitis; Case 9.2 Tonsillitis; Case 9.3 Otitis externa; Case 9.4 Glandular fever; Chapter 10 Skin; Case 10.1 Abscess; Case 10.2 Impetigo; Case 10.3 Leg ulcer; Case 10.4 Acne; Case 10.5 Shingles; Case 10.6 Cutaneous viral warts; Case 10.7 Molluscum contagiosum; Case 10.8 Orf; Case 10.9 Tinea capitis; Case 10.10 Tinea corporis
Case 10.11 Fungal nail infectionCase 10.12 Candida intertrigo; Case 10.13 Scabies; Case 10.14 Head lice; Chapter 11 Children; Case 11.1 Whooping cough; Case 11.2 MMR; Case 11.3 Post-polio syndrome; Case 11.4 Chickenpox; Case 11.5 Slapped cheek disease; Case 11.6 Roseola infantum; Case 11.7 Hand, foot, and mouth; Chapter 12 Pregnancy, postnatal, and congenital; Case 12.1Infections in pregnancy; Case 12.2 Post-miscarriage infection; Chapter 13 Hospital; Case 13.1 Sepsis (UTI); Case 13.2 Complex intra-abdominal infection; Case 13.3 Middle East respiratory syndrome; Chapter 14 International
Case 14.1 Fever: foreign travelCase 14.2 Malaria; Case 14.3 Lyme disease; Appendix 1 Medically important bacteria; Appendix 2 Medically important viruses; Appendix 3 Notification of infectious diseases; Appendix 4 Immunization table; Appendix 5 Incubation and infectivity of important childhood diseases; Appendix 6 Commonly used antibiotics; Index
Summary 'Learning Microbiology through Clinical Consultation' is a highly accessible text which describes the fundamentals of microbiology within the practice setting in an informative way. It is an ideal resource for medical students and newly qualified doctors, as well as anyone wishing to study medicine or preparing for medical school interviews
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 2, 2016)
Subject Medical microbiology.
Medical consultation.
Virus diseases.
Bacterial diseases.
Infections -- microbiology
Clinical Medicine -- methods
Virus Diseases
Bacterial Infections
Microbiological Phenomena
MEDICAL -- Microbiology.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Virus diseases
Bacterial diseases
Medical consultation
Medical microbiology
Genre/Form Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Breathnach, Aodhán S., author
ISBN 9780191030567
0191030562
9780191788901
0191788902