API Manual of Medicine - Softcover

Kamath, Sandhya A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9356969469 ISBN 13: 9789356969469

Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

SECTION 1: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Section 1A: General Considerations and Bacterial Infections

• General Consideration of Infections; Basic Concept of Infections
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
• Antibiotic Resistance and Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Infection in the Immunocompromised Host
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-acquired Infections
• Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections
• Hospital Infection Control
• Staphylococcal Infections
• Streptococcal Infections
• Pneumococcal Infections
• Enterococcal Infections
• Diphtheria
• Clostridial Infections
• Meningococcal Infections
• Gonococcal Infections
• Typhoid (Enteric Fever)
• Bacillary Dysentery
• Cholera
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Haemophilus influenzae Infections
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections
• Acinetobacter
• Syphilis
• Leptospirosis
• Other Spirochaetal Infections: Lyme Disease and Rat Bite Fever
• Brucellosis
• Actinomycosis
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
• Treatment of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
• Leprosy
• Rickettsial Infections

Section 1B: Parasitic and Fungal Infections

• Malaria
• Amoebiasis and Giardiasis
• Leishmaniasis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Cryptosporidiosis, Trichomoniasis, Balantidiasis, and Cystoisospora
• Ankylostomiasis, Ascariasis, and Other Nematodal Infections
• Tapeworm and Hydatid Diseases
• Lymphatic Filariasis and Related Diseases
• Systemic Fungal Infections
• Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia

Section 1C: Viral Infections

• Basic Considerations of Viral Diseases
• Herpes Virus Infections (Simplex and Zoster)
• Influenza and Other Common Viral Respiratory Infections (Parainfluenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Rhinovirus)
• Viral Gastroenteritis
• Rabies
• Arboviral Infections
• Dengue
• Chikungunya
• Japanese Encephalitis

SECTION 2: HIV MEDICINE

• Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS
• HIV Virology, Immunology, and Laboratory Diagnosis
• Pathophysiology and Clinical Features of HIV/AIDS
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Central Nervous System
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Cardiovascular System
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Respiratory and Gastrointestinal System
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Hematology
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Kidney
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Dermatological Manifestations
• HIV and Systemic Involvement: Endocrinology and Metabolism
• HIV and Malignancy
• Antiretroviral Therapy
• Antiretroviral Drug Toxicities and Drug Interactions
• Antiretroviral Therapy Resistance
• Preexposure Prophylaxis in HIV
• Quest for HIV Cure
• HIV and Pregnancy
• HIV2

SECTION 3: RHEUMATOLOGY

• Basic Considerations
• Soft Tissue Rheumatism and Regional Rheumatic Pain Syndromes
• Low Back Pain
• Osteoarthritis
• Gout and Other Crystal Arthritides
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Spondyloarthritides
• Sjogren's Syndrome
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome
• Inflammatory Muscle Diseases
• Systemic Sclerosis
• The Vasculitides
• Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Overlap Syndromes
• Emergencies in Rheumatology
• Tropical Rheumatic Diseases
• Biologics and Biosimilars in Rheumatology

SECTION 4: METABOLISM

• Disorders of Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism
• Disorders of Adipose Tissue and Obesity
• Disorders of Iron Metabolism and Iron Ove

About this title

About the Author

Sandhya A Kamath MD FICP FACP(Hon USA)
Former Dean and Professor, Department of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Edition details

• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9356969469
• ISBN 13: 9789356969469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 610