Infectious Diseases: A Clinical Approach, NEW THIRD EDITION
Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Abbreviations
Preface
PART 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
Thomas Gottlieb, Jennifer Hoy and Malcolm McDonald
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, Stephen Rogerson and Joe McCormack
PART II APPROACH TO PRESENTING PROBLEMS AND SYNDROMES
Chapter 7 Fever of short duration
Allen Yung, Kirsty Buising, Peter Stanley and Malcolm McDonald
Chapter 8 Pyrexia of unknown origin
Tania Sorrell, Allen Yung and Peter Stanley
Chapter 9 Fever and upper respiratory tract symptoms
Grant Jenkin, Paul Johnson and Alan Street
Chapter 10 Fever and lower respiratory tract symptoms
Patrick Charles and Paul Johnson
Chapter 11 Diarrhoea and vomiting
Joe McCormack, David Murdoch and Bryan Speed
Chapter 12 Fever and acute neurological symptoms
Joe Sasadeusz and Allen Yung
Chapter 13 Fever and rash
Eugene Athan and Alistair McGregor
Chapter 14 Fever and jaundice
David Shaw and Michael Whitby
Chapter 15 Postoperative fever
David Looke and Damon Eisen
Chapter 16 Septicaemia
Jon Iredell and Tania Sorrell
Chapter 17 Fatigue states following infection
Michael Oldmeadow and Andrew Lloyd
PART III ORGAN INFECTIONS
Chapter 18 Bone and joint infections
Denis Spelman and Malcolm McDonald
Chapter 19 Endocarditis, intravascular infections and pericarditis
Denis Spelman, Malcolm McDonald and Peter Collignon
Chapter 20 Intra-abdominal infections
Ian Jennens and Craig Boutlis
Chapter 21 Neurological infections
Mark Thomas and Joe Sasadeusz
Chapter 22 Skin and soft tissue infections
Adam Jenney, Andrew Steer and Michael Richards
Chapter 23 Urinary tract infections
Sharon Lewin and Tim Blackmore
PART IV SPECIFIC INFECTIONS
Chapter 24 Hepatitis
Joe Torresi
Chapter 25 Herpes virus infections
David Holland and William Rawlinson
Chapter 26 HIV infection and AIDS
Olga Vujovic, Jennifer Hoy and Anne Mijch
Chapter 27 Influenza
Dominic Dwyer
Chapter 28 Malaria
Graham Brown and Nicholas Anstey
Chapter 29 Tetanus
Hugh Newton-John and Damon Eisen
Chapter 30 Tuberculosis
Alan Street and Craig Aboltins
Chapter 31 Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, including leprosy
Paul Johnson and Tony Korman
Chapter 32 Systemic fungal infections
Monica Slavin, Sharon Chen and Orla Morrissey
Chapter 33 Genital and sexually transmissible infections
Ian Denham and Francis Bowden
PART V INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Chapter 34 Infections in the elderly
Alex Padiglione, Malcolm McDonald and Allen Yung
Chapter 35 Infections in patients with diabetes
Lindsay Grayson
Chapter 36 Infections in the immunocompromised host
David L Paterson and Tania Sorrell
Chapter 37 Infectious diseases in pregnancy and the newborn
Gwendolyn Gilbert, Mary O’Reilly and Suzanne Garland
Chapter 38 Infections in injecting drug users
Tony Allworth and Ashley Watson
Chapter 39 Infections in returned travellers and immigrants
Karin Leder and Daniel O’Brien
Chapter 40 Infections from animals
Wendy Munckhof and Jenny Robson
Chapter 41 Viral and rickettsial infections of particular relevance to Australia
Joe McCormack, Stephen Graves and Geoffrey Playford
Chapter 42 Infectious diseases in northern and central Australia
Bart Currie and Allen Cheng
Chapter 43 Infectious diseases in the Southeast Asia region
David Murdoch and Sharon Peacock
Chapter 44 Infectious diseases in the South-West Pacific region
Joe McCormack and Sally Roberts
Chapter 45 Infections associated with healthcare
Michael Richards, Rhonda Stuart and John Ferguson
PART VI THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND IMMUNISATION
Chapter 46 Antibacterial agents
Lindsay Grayson and Benjamin Howden
Chapter 47 Antifungal agents
Sharon Chen and Geoffrey Playford
Chapter 48 Antiviral agents
Suzanne Crowe and John Mills
Chapter 49 Antiparasitic agents
Beverley-Ann Biggs and James McCarthy
Chapter 50 Immunisation
Peter McIntyre, Nicole Gilroy, Rosemary Lester and Kristine Macartney
Golden rules of infectious diseases
Index