Infectious
Diseases: A clinical approach, 2/e
Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
I
GENERAL APPROACH TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Chapter 1 Clinical approach to infectious diseases
Allen Yung and Joe McCormack
Chapter 2
History and examination in infectious diseases
Allen Yung and Philip Jones
Chapter 3
Fever: mechanisms and symptomatic treatment
Jennifer Hoy, Malcolm McDonald and Allen Yung
Chapter 4
Use of the laboratory in diagnosis and management of infectious diseases
Rob Baird and David Smith
Chapter 5
Epidemiology and public health
Mark Veitch and Geoff Hogg
Chapter 6
Infectious diseases: a global perspective
Graham Brown, Allen Yung and Joe McCormack
II
APPROACH TO PRESENTING PROBLEMS AND SYNDROMES
Chapter 7 Fever of short duration
Allen Yung and Malcolm McDonald
Chapter 8
Pyrexia of unknown origin
Allen Yung, Peter Stanley and Tania Sorrell
Chapter 9
Fever and upper respiratory tract symptoms
Grant Jenkin, Paul Johnson and Alan Street
Chapter 10
Fever and lower respiratory symptoms
Paul Johnson, John Turnidge and Alan Street
Chapter 11
Diarrhoea and vomiting
Brian Speed and Joe McCormack
Chapter 12
Fever and acute neurological symptoms
Allen Yung, Joe Sasadeusz and Miles Beaman
Chapter 13
Fever and rash
Eugene Athan, Alistair McGregor, Stephen Graves and Allen Yung
Chapter 14
Fever and jaundice
David Shaw, Michael Whitby and Denis Spelman
Chapter 15
Postoperative fever
David Looke and Damon Eisen
Chapter 16
Septicaemia
Jon Iredell, Denis Spelman and Tania Sorrell
Chapter 17
Fatigue states following infection
Michael Oldmeadow and Andrew Lloyd
III
ORGAN INFECTIONS
Chapter 18 Bone and joint infections
Malcolm McDonald and Denis Spelman
Chapter 19
Endocarditis and intravascular infections
Denis Spelman, Malcolm McDonald and Peter Collignon
Chapter 20
Intra-abdominal infections
Ian Jennens
Chapter 21
Neurological infections
Joe Sasadeusz, Miles Beaman, and Allen Yung
Chapter 22
Skin and soft tissue infections
Alex Padiglione, John Ferguson and Michael Richards
Chapter 23
Urinary tract infections
Sharon Lewin
IV
SPECIFIC INFECTIONS
Chapter 24 Hepatitis
Joseph Torresi
Chapter 25
HIV infection and AIDS
Olga Vujovic and Anne Mijch
Chapter 26
Influenza
Steven Wesselingh and Dominic Dwyer
Chapter 27
Malaria
Graham Brown and Nicholas Anstey
Chapter 28
Tetanus
Hugh Newton-John
Chapter 29
Tuberculosis
Alan Street
Chapter 30
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, including leprosy
Paul Johnson, Tony Korman and Murray Sandland
Chapter 31
Systemic fungal infections
Monica Slavin and Sharon Chen
Chapter 32
Genital and sexually transmitted infections
Ian Denham and Frank Bowden
V
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Chapter 33 Infections in the elderly
Malcolm McDonald and Allen Yung
Chapter 34
Infections in patients with diabetes
Lindsay Grayson
Chapter 35
Infections in the immunocompromised
Philip Jones and Tania Sorrell
Chapter 36
Infectious diseases in pregnancy and the newborn
Gwendolyn Gilbert, Mary O’Reilly and Suzanne Garland
Chapter 37
Infections in injecting drug users
Tony Allworth and Ashley Watson
Chapter 38
Infections in returned travellers and immigrants
Karin Leder, Daniel O’Brien, Allen Yung and Tilman Ruff
Chapter 39
Infections from animals
Wendy Munckhof and Jenny Robson
Chapter 40
Infectious diseases in northern and central Australia
Bart Currie
Chapter 41
Infections in the South-West Pacific region
Joe McCormack, Joji Malani and Rachel Wells
Chapter 42
Infections acquired in hospital
Denis Spelman, Michael Richards, Dan Sexton and Malcolm McDonald
VI
THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND IMMUNISATION
Chapter 43 Antimicrobial agents
Lindsay Grayson and John Spicer
Chapter 44
Antifungal agents
Sharon Chen and Jennifer Hoy
Chapter 45
Antiviral agents
Suzanne Crowe, Dominic Dwyer, Anthony Cunningham and John Mills
Chapter 46
Antiparasitic agents
Beverley-Ann Biggs and James McCarthy
Chapter 47
Immunisation
Peter McIntyre and Rosemary Lester
Golden rules
of infectious diseases
Index