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17 Apr 2014
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Description
Providing a comprehensive introduction to the study of tropical medicine, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include new content and more illustrations and clinical photographs to aid understanding. Now fully supported by a companion website containing hundreds of interactive multiple-choice questions, and available in a range of digital formats, Tropical Medicine Lecture Notes is the perfect resource for study and revision, and is the ideal companion for those practising medicine in tropical and sub-tropical regions. O New edition of the best-selling tropical medicine textbook O Brand new chapters covering Ophthalmology and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) O Increased coverage of malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS O More colour illustrations and photographs for greater clarity and understanding O Fully supported by a companion website at www.lecturenoteseries.com/tropicalmed containing figures and summaries from the book in PowerPoint format, and hundreds of interactive MCQs (written by Dom Colbert) O Now available in a range of digital formats - perfect for on-the-go study and clinical practice
Contents
Contributors, vii Preface, ix List of abbreviations, x New drug names, xiii How to use your textbook, xiv About the companion website, xvii Part 1 A general approach to syndromes/symptom complexes, 1 1 Gastrointestinal presentations, 3 2 Respiratory presentations, 11 3 Neurological presentations, 16 4 Febrile presentations, 24 5 Dermatological presentations, 29 6 The patient with anaemia, 33 7 A syndromic approach to sexually transmitted infections, 38 8 Splenomegaly in the tropics, 47 Part 2 Major tropical infections, 51 9 Malaria, 53 10 Visceral leishmaniasis, 70 11 Cutaneous leishmaniasis, 77 12 Tuberculosis, 82 13 HIV infection and disease in the tropics, 96 14 Onchocerciasis, filariasis and loiasis, 126 15 African trypanosomiasis, 141 16 South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease), 148 17 Schistosomiasis, 151 18 Leprosy, 163 Part 3 Other tropical diseases, 175 19 Amoebiasis, 177 20 Bacillary dysentery, 183 21 Cholera, 186 22 Giardiasis and other intestinal protozoal infections, 190 23 Intestinal cestode infections (tapeworms) including cysticercosis, 195 24 Soil-transmitted helminths, 199 25 Viral hepatitis, 205 26 Liver and intestinal flukes, 214 27 Hydatid disease, 218 28 Pneumonia, 222 29 Lung flukes, 229 30 Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, 231 31 Pyogenic meningitis, 233 32 Cryptococcal meningitis, 241 33 Encephalitis, 243 34 Acute flaccid paralysis, 248 35 Spastic paralysis, 251 36 Rabies, 254 37 Tetanus, 259 38 Brucellosis, 262 39 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, 267 40 Arboviruses, 273 41 Viral haemorrhagic fevers, 276 42 Dengue and yellow fever, 283 43 Relapsing fevers, 289 44 Rickettsial infections, 292 45 Leptospirosis, 294 46 Melioidosis, 297 47 Tropical ulcer, 299 48 Buruli ulcer, 301 49 Myiasis, 305 50 Cutaneous larva migrans, 307 51 Scabies and lice, 309 52 Strongyloidiasis, 311 53 Guinea worm infection (dracunculiasis), 315 54 Histoplasmosis, 317 55 Other fungal infections, 319 56 Haemoglobinopathies and red cell enzymopathies, 321 57 Haematinic deficiencies, 326 58 Bites and stings, 330 59 Non-communicable diseases, 334 60 Refugee health, 351 61 Syndromes of malnutrition, 358 62 Eye disease in the tropics, 364 63 Neglected tropical diseases, 372 Index, 381
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