Educational Review Manual in Infectious Disease

Educational Review Manual in Infectious Disease. 4th Edition

Editor-in-Chief: Burke A. Cunha, MD, MACP, Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital Professor of Medicine, State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook

Regarded widely for the past 7 years as the pre-eminent Infectious Disease Board Review, and one of the premier general reviews of Infectious Disease, the 4th edition (2009) adds an exceptional, 160-page chapter on Zoonoses and nearly 800 questions and answers tied to Mandel's notable textbook.

A stellar national faculty of Infectious Disease experts, led by internationally-respected Editor-in-Chief Burke A. Cunha, MD, makes this an unmatched resource for board review and simply staying up-to-the-minute on ID principles and practices.

Dr. Cunha serves on over two dozen infectious disease journal editorial boards and is a reviewer for over 30 infectious disease/medical journals. He has written or co-authored 125 abstracts, 1,130 articles, and 180 book chapters. Dr. Cunha has edited 27 books on various infectious disease topics, including the highly respected Antibiotic Essentials, now in its 8th edition, Pneumonia Essentials, now in its 3rd edition, and Infectious Disease in Critical Care Medicine, also in its 3rd edition. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the journals Infectious Disease Practice and Antibiotics for Clinicians.

Table of Contents

0. Preface
1. Fever
2. Rash and Fever
3. Fever in Returning Travelers
4. Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
5. Microbiology
6. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
7. Immunodeficiencies
8. Zoonoses
9. Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis
10. Systemic Mycoses
11. Tuberculosis and Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections
12. Parasitic Infections
13. Transplant Infections
14. Meningitis and Encephalitis
15. Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and Infectious Mononucleosis
16. Acute Pneumonias
17. Chronic Pneumonias
18. Infective Endocarditits
19. Viral Hepatitis
20. Infectious Diarrhea
21. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
22. Antibiotics
23. Antibiotic Adverse Effects
24. Anti-infective Drug-Drug Interactions
25. Immunizations
26. Questions