Medical Management of Infectious Disease

Fifty-five medical scholars and clinicians from the U.S. and Canada contribute 44 chapters geared toward practitioners providing primary care to adults in the outpatient setting. The text can be read as a general review or used as a quick and practical reference by the busy clinical. Coverage includes detailed descriptions of manifestations and pathophysiology of infections, pragmatic presentation of pharmacologic principles and practice, characterization of clinical syndromes and their management, consideration of populations at increased risk, and a summary of current infectious disease-related health maintenance issues postexposure prophylaxis, adult immunization, bioterrorism facing a post-9/11 world. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)