Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases is a comprehensive handbook that provides readers with a quick but thorough understanding of infectious disease topics and clinical approaches to diagnosis and management.

With 46 focused chapters covering the core areas of importance to students, residents, fellows, and practitioners in any discipline, this ready reference is an essential tool for navigating the complex constellation of symptoms and treatment options for patients with infectious diseases.

Organized by body system, each section provides a general framework followed by individual chapters on specific diseases, covering pathogenesis, risk factors, clinical manifestations, approach to the patient, diagnostic criteria, and medical, antimicrobial, and surgical management.

Additionally, the book addresses important related topics including antimicrobial agents, medical microbiology, fever and neutropenia, approach to evaluating leukocytosis, infectious diseases approach to SIRS and sepsis, and basics of infection control and hospital epidemiology.

With this book, readers will have the fundamental knowledge necessary to sharpen their clinical problem-solving skills and provide quality care to patients.