About this ebook
diseases take a disease-specific and/or organ-specific approach. In this book a
patient-centred approach is taken. The starting point is the patient’s
presenting problem and its evolution. The focus is on clinical diagnosis and
principles of management.
The book comprises six parts. Part
I, ‘General approach to infectious diseases’, establishes the patient-centred
approach. Part II outlines presenting problems and syndromes, and Part III, infections of organ systems. These two
sections highlight day-to-day problems faced by clinicians, differential
diagnoses and management. Part IV covers specific infections, chosen for their
importance or unique nature, and Part V deals with infectious problems in
specific hosts and settings. Part VI outlines the principles of antimicrobial
therapy and disease prevention through immunisation. The book concludes with a
set of ‘golden rules of infectious diseases’.
This is not a comprehensive
infectious diseases textbook; it contains what the editors consider to be core
knowledge and skills for the practising clinician. Infectious diseases in
adults are the primary focus; paediatric infectious diseases are not covered in
any detail.
In this third edition
- All the original chapters have been thoroughly
reviewed and updated. - Three new chapters have been added: chapter 25,
‘Herpesvirus infections’, chapter 41, ‘Viral and rickettsial infections of
particular relevance to Australia’,
and chapter 43, ‘Infectious diseases in the South-East
Asia region’. - An Australasian character is evident, with the
inclusion of five new authors from New Zealand and (where
relevant and possible) the inclusion of data from New Zealand. - The companion CD that was included in the second
edition has not been retained.
Senior medical students, graduates,
and more experienced clinicians interested in the clinical skills of infectious
diseases, will find this book refreshingly straightforward, easy to read, and
rich with clinical pearls.
About the author
Allen Yung OAM: Consultant Emeritus, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Denis Spelman: Associate Professor, Microbiology, Monash University, and Head, Microbiology and Deputy Director, Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital
Alan Street: Deputy Director, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Clinical Associate, Medicine, University of Melbourne
Joe McCormack: Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Queensland, and Director, Infectious Diseases, Mater Health Services, Brisbane
Tania Sorrell: Professor, Clinical Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney, and Director, Infectious Diseases, Westmead Hospital
Paul Johnson: Deputy Director, Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, and Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Melbourne.
