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Infectious Diseases

David M. Hecht, MD

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  • Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
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Infectious Diseases; 2nd edition. Gorbach SL, Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR. 2594 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1998. $225.00. ISBN 072166119X. Order phone 800-545-2522.
Field of medicine: Infectious diseases.
Format: Hardcover book.
Audience: Clinicians in infectious diseases, fellows in training, and physicians seeking an authoritative reference on clinical infectious diseases.
Purpose: To provide a comprehensively updated, authoritative text on all aspects of infectious diseases.
Content: All chapters from the previous edition of this text have been rewritten and updated, and new chapters on AIDS, emerging infections, and antimicrobial resistance have been added. Other new topics addressed include molecular diagnostics and probes, polymerase chain reaction analysis, the Kawasaki syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru, diabetic foot and decubitus ulcers, the toxic shock syndrome, and recurrent infection. The first 46 chapters describe the general principles of infection and the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases. The next 144 chapters use a clinical infection approach, and the final 107 chapters discuss individual microbial agents.
Highlights: As in the first edition, the several chapters on surgical infections are an important contribution to the field. Chapters 100 to 105 describe in detail the approach to patients with postoperative fever, surgical wounds, gas gangrene and other soft tissue infections, and trauma. The single-volume format makes it easy to find material quickly.
Limitations: Although a liberal number of tables and illustrations enhances the value of the text, few color photomicrographs are included.
Related reading: This book can be compared with the fourth edition of Principles and Practice of Infectious...
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Hecht DM. Infectious Diseases. Ann Intern Med. 1998;128:791–792. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00047

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(9):791-792.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00047

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