Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice

The authors define the field to include nutritional diseases, travel medicine, toxins, vector biology, and even such disorders as anemia, and the book provides outstanding reviews on clinical and scientific aspects of tropical infectious diseases.

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Medical Writings: Book Notes18 January 2000Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and PracticeA. Clinton White Jr., MD, Robert L. Atmar, MD, and Stephen B. Greenberg, MDA. Clinton White Jr., MDBaylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas. (White, Atmar, Greenberg)Search for more papers by this author, Robert L. Atmar, MDBaylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas. (White, Atmar, Greenberg)Search for more papers by this author, and Stephen B. Greenberg, MDBaylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas. (White, Atmar, Greenberg)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-2-200001180-00025 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail 2 volumes. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. 1644 pages. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone; 1999. $295.00. ISBN 0443079080. Order phone 800-543-1918.Field of medicine: Infectious diseases and tropical medicine.Format: Two hardcover books.Audience: Specialists in infectious disease and tropical medicine; generalists who treat immigrants and travelers from developing countries; and practitioners in tropical countries.Purpose: To provide a comprehensive scholarly textbook on tropical infectious diseases.Content: The first section of the book discusses general considerations and noninfectious conditions. The second section covers individual bacterial, rickettsial, fungal, parasitic, and viral pathogens. Chapters on pathogens that are common worldwide (such as ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas. (White, Atmar, Greenberg) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited by1,2,3-triazenes and 1,2,3-triazoles as antileishmanial, antitrypanosomal, and antiplasmodial agentsA Bibliometric Analysis of Global Scientific Research on Scrub Typhus 18 January 2000Volume 132, Issue 2Page: 168KeywordsHospital medicineInfectious diseasesPneumococcusSoftware toolsStaphylococcusStreptococcusToxinsTropical diseasesTuberculosisViral pathogens ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 18 January 2000 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...