Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care [Hardcover]

This book provides an easy to use, practical, yet comprehensive resource for family practitioners to use in the daily struggle against infectious diseases. It discusses vaccines and preventive measures as well as information on how to reduce the incidence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms by judiciously prescribing antibiotics and informing patients about the appropriate use of these agents. This up-to-date overview is a one stop source for evidence-based guidelines.

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 use in the daily struggle against infectious diseases. It discusses vaccines and preventive measures as well as information on how to reduce the incidence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms by judiciously prescribing antibiotics and informing patients about the appropriate use of these agents.Preface Neil Skolnik Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Clinical Guidelines: Community Acquired Pneumonia John Russell Pharyngitis Adrian Wilson Treatment and Management of Acute Otitis Media Ross H. Albert and Neil Skolnik Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations and Acute Bronchitis Michael Gagnon Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Testing and Treatment Pamela Ann Fenstemacher Sinusitis Megan Werner and Mathew Clark Gastrointestinal Infections Gastroenteritis Andrew Deroo and Matthew Mintz Hepatitis Michele Lamoreux Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases Neil Skolnik HIV Rosemary Harris Skin, Bone, and Joint Infection Cellulitis and Skin Infections Associated with Bites Steven Zinn and Judith ODonnell Diabetic Foot Infections Thomas C. McGinley Jr. Osteomyelitis Kelly Gannon and Todd Braun Septic Arthritis and Infectious Bursitis Gene Honl/