| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford American infectious disease library
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Oxford American infectious disease library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Meningitis -- Encephalitis and myelopathy -- Focal central nervous system infections -- Ophthalmologic infections -- Oropharyngeal and sinus infections -- Pulmonary infections in immunocompetent hosts -- Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised hosts -- Cardiac infections -- Gastrointestinal infections -- Urinary tract infections -- Skin and soft tissue infections -- Bone and joint infections -- Vector-borne infections -- Non-infectious syndromes that mimic infections. |
| Summary |
Infectious diseases have plagued man throughout history. In the era of modern medicine antibiotics and vaccines brought the hope of liberation from the great scourges of smallpox, polio, and tuberculosis. Yet, in the ensuing decades as we hoped to close the book on infectious diseases, we have instead been confronted by wave upon wave of new assailants. AIDS, SARS, pandemic influenza, and multi-drug resistant bacteria demonstrated how our technological advances have either fallen short in halting or even enhanced the spread of emerging pathogens. International air travel has collapsed geograph. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Diagnosis -- Case studies.
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Communicable diseases -- Diagnosis. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Central nervous system -- Infections -- Diagnosis -- Case studies.
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Central nervous system -- Infections. |
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Diagnosis. |
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Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis. |
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Communicable Diseases -- therapy. |
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Central Nervous System Infections -- diagnosis. |
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Central Nervous System Infections -- therapy. |
| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Scheld, W. Michael.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caplivski, Daniel. Consultations in infectious disease. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2011 9780199735006 (DLC) 2011012555 (OCoLC)710812994 |
| ISBN |
9780199909100 (electronic book) |
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0199909105 (electronic book) |
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9780199735006 |
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019973500X |
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