Management of respiratory tract infections

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Management of respiratory tract infections

John G. Bartlett

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2001

3rd ed

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Respiratory tract infections

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Now in its Third Edition, this handbook is a practical quick-reference guide for infectious disease physicians, primary care practitioners and other clinicians who treat upper and lower respiratory tract infections. This edition includes information on seven new drugs that have recently been approved or are awaiting approval. Also included are new guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America for managing community-acquired pneumonia and new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control for managing sinusitis, acute bronchitis, and pharyngitis. Algorithms and case examples appear throughout the book. Each disease-oriented chapter opens with a summary that lists key points about diagnosis, treatment, and complications

Table of Contents

PNEUMONIA Overview Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Pneumonia in the Compromised Host, Including AIDS Patients Aspiration Pneumonia Empyema ACUTE AND CHRONIC COUGH SYNDROMES Bronchitis Acute Bronchitis Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis Acute and Chronic Cough:Other Causes THE COMMON COLD Impact Etiology Rhinovirus Infection Noninfectious Diseases Associated with Cold Symptoms Epidemiology Transmission Clinical Features Treatment Complications Prevention STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS Epidemiology Clinical Presentation Complications Diagnosis Management Prevention SINUSITIS Frequency Pathogenesis Clinical Presentation Classification Predisposing Factors Diagnostic Evaluation Bacterial Pathogens Treatment Selected Categories of Sinusitis Inde

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