[edited by] Camilla Rothe, MD DTM&H, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Division of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Hamburg School of Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xx, 296 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (mostly color) ;
Dimensions
28 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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A 20-year-old Woman from Sudan with Fever, Haemorrhage and Shock -- A 7-year-old Girl from Peru with a Chronic Skin Ulcer -- A 26-year-old Woman from Malawi with Headache, Confusion and Unilateral Ptosis -- A 4-year-old Girl from Uganda in Coma -- A 4-year-old Boy from Laos with a Lesion of the Lip and Cheek -- A 36-year-old Male Traveller Returning from Botswana with a Creeping Eruption -- A 28-year-old Male Fisherman from Malawi with Shortness of Breath -- A 26-year-old Female Traveller Returning from Ghana with a Boil on the Leg -- A 16-year-old Girl from Vietnam with Fever, Headache and Myalgias -- A 55-year-old Indigenous Woman from Australia with a Widespread Exfoliating Rash and Sepsis -- A 45-year-old Male Security Guard from Malawi with Difficulties in Walking and Back Pain -- A 29-year-old Man from The Gambia with Genital Ulceration -- A 16-year-old Girl from Malawi with Fever and Abdominal Pain -- A 22-year-old Woman from Bangladesh with Profuse Watery Diarrhoea -- A 3-year-old Boy from Laos with Right Suppurative Parotitis -- A 25-year-old Female School Teacher from Malawi with Abrupt Onset of a Febrile Confusional State -- A 34-year-old Man from Thailand with Fever and a Papular Rash -- A 43-year-old Male Traveller with Fever and Eosinophilia -- A 40-year-old Man from Togo with Subcutaneous Nodules and Corneal Changes -- A 56-year-old Man Returning from a Trip to Thailand with Eosinophilia -- A 35-year-old American Man with Fatigue and a Neck Lesion -- A 32-year-old Woman from Nigeria with Jaundice and Confusion -- A 31-year-old HIV-Positive Man with Extensive Travel History, with Cough and Night Sweats -- A 14-year-old Boy from Rural Tanzania with Difficulties in Walking -- A 72-year-old Male Farmer from Laos with Extensive Skin Lesions on the Lower Leg -- A 14-year-old boy from Malawi who has been bitten by a snake -- A 16-year-old Boy from Sri Lanka with Fever, Jaundice and Renal Failure -- A 67-year-old Female Expatriate Living in Cameroon with Eosinophilia and Pericarditis -- A 35-year-old Woman from Malawi with Fever and Progressive Weakness -- A 35-year-old Woman from Malawi with Fever and Progressive Weakness -- A 12-year-old Boy from Rural Kenya with Painful Eyes -- A 6-year-old Boy from Malawi with Fever, Cough and Impaired Consciousness -- A 44-year-old Male Farmer from Laos with Diabetes and a Back Abscess -- A 53-year-old Man from Malawi with a Chronic Cough -- A 35-year-old Male Farmer from Peru with a Chronic Ulcer and Multiple Nodular Lesions on the Arm -- A 32-year-old Woman from Malawi with Headache and Blurred Vision --
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A 25-year-old Buddhist Monk from Myanmar with Unilateral Scrotal Swelling -- A 29-year-old Woman from Malawi with Confusion, Diarrhoea and a Skin Rash -- A 24-year-old Female Globetrotter from The Netherlands with Strange Sensations in the Right Side of Her Body -- A 30-year-old Male Trader from China with Persistent Fever -- A 62-year-old Woman from Ethiopia with Difficulty Eating -- A 7-year-old Girl from West Africa with Two Skin Ulcers and a Contracture of Her Right Wrist -- A 41-year-old Male Traveller Returning from Australia with Itchy Eruptions on Both Upper Thighs -- A 35-year-old Woman from Malawi with a Painful Ocular Tumour -- A 7-year-old Girl from South Sudan with Undulating Fever -- A 2-month-old Girl from Laos with Dyspnoea, Cyanosis and Irritability -- A 45-year-old Man from Sri Lanka with Fever and Right Hypochondrial Pain -- A 32-year-old Man from Malawi with a Painfully Swollen Neck -- A 31-year-old Woman from Tanzania with Acute Flaccid Paraplegia -- A 33-year-old Male Traveller to India with Diarrhoea and Flatulence for Two Weeks -- A 24-year-old Man of Turkish Origin with Jaundice and Cystic Liver Lesions -- A 34-year-old HIV-Reactive Woman from Malawi with Slowly Progressive Half-Sided Weakness -- A 56-year-old Man from Peru with Prolonged Fever and Severe Anaemia -- A 24-year-old Woman from Uganda with Fever and Shock -- A 52-year-old Male Safari Tourist Returning from South Africa with Fever and a Skin Lesion -- A 40-year-old Male Farmer from Peru with Chronic Cough and Weight Loss -- A 21-year-old Pregnant Woman from The Gambia with a Rash -- A 37-year-old Woman from Malawi with Haematemesis -- A 25-year-old Woman from Egypt with Severe Chronic Diarrhoea and Malabsorption -- A 24-year-old Man from Malawi with Skin Lesions and Breathlessness -- A 6-year-old Boy from Malawi with Proptosis of the Left Eye -- A 48-year-old Woman from Thailand with Fever and Disseminated Cutaneous Abscesses, Lymphadenopathy and Swelling of her Left Elbow -- A 28-year-old Man from Ghana with a Chronic Ulcer on His Ankle -- A 38-year-old Expatriate Man Living in Malawi with Difficulties Passing Urine -- A 40-year-old Woman from Thailand and Her Brother-in-Law with Severe Headache -- A 4-year-old Girl from Bolivia with a Dark Nodule on Her Toe -- A 32-year-old Man from Malawi with Pain in the Right Upper Abdomen and a Feeling of Faintness -- A 24-year-old Woman from the Peruvian Andes with Fever and Abdominal Pain -- A 31-year-old Woman from Malawi with a Generalized Mucocutaneous Rash -- A 22-year-old Male Farmer from Rural Ethiopia with Difficulty Walking -- A 58-year-old Woman from Sri Lanka with Fever, Deafness and Confusion -- A 71-year-old Man from Japan with Eosinophilia and a Nodular Lesion in the Lung -- A 4-year-old Boy from Mozambique with Severe Oedema and Skin Lesions -- A 38-year-old Woman from Malawi with Chronic Anaemia and Splenomegaly -- A 28-year-old Woman from Sierra Leone with Fever and Conjunctivitis -- A 25-year-old Woman from Zambia with a New Onset Seizure -- A 55-year old Woman from Turkey with Fever of Unknown Origin
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Test your knowledge in tropical medicine with Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine! Boasting an easily accessible, highly templated format and full-color photographs throughout, this medical reference book is designed to help anyone in the field better identify the tropical diseases they'll encounter. As a companion product to Manson's Tropical Diseases, Clinical Cases in Tropical Medicine offers over 75 cases covering today's most prevalent diseases. It's an ideal study tool for infectious diseases fellows, doctors preparing for exams, primary care doctors with patients returning from abroad, and global health nurses and practitioners alike. Stay at the forefront of tropical medicine with in-depth coverage of the latest research, including tropical neurology and AIDS- and HIV-associated diseases and treatments. Study as efficiently as possible with help from a Q&A format and succinct summary boxes. Expand your knowledge concerning rare and neglected tropical diseases, as well as how diagnosis and treatment takes place in resource-poor settings. Gain a complete understanding of tropical diseases with this companion product to Manson's Tropical Diseases, 23rd edition. A reading list at the end of each case will directly refer to a corresponding chapter in Manson's, further expediting study