Beschreibung:
This book provides an evidence-based, practical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the most frequent fungal infections in a general hospital. It offers a comprehensive overview of the basic medical and scientific background of fungal infections and carefully explains and discusses epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation. Readers will acquire a good and clear perception of invasive fungal infections, including diagnosis and treatment. This user-friendly resource not only serves as a valuable tool in clinical management, but also provides the basis for further research questions and studies in this particular field. It will be a useful companion for midwives as well as for doctors, medical and pharmacy students, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
This book provides an evidence-based, practical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the most frequent fungal infections in a general hospital. It offers a comprehensive overview of the basic medical and scientific background of fungal infections and carefully explains and discusses epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation. Readers will acquire a good and clear perception of invasive fungal infections, including diagnosis and treatment.
This user-friendly resource not only serves as a valuable tool in clinical management, but also provides the basis for further research questions and studies in this particular field. It will be a useful companion for midwives as well as for doctors, medical and pharmacy students, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Introduction (Presterl)
1. Microbiology and Infection Control. Overview
2. Communicable Diseases and Transmission
3. Medical Microbiology - Basic Bacteriology
4. Bacteriology - Specific Pathogens and Associated Infectious Diseases
5. Medical Mycology
6. Infectious Diseases and Pregnancy
7. Parasitology
8. Virology - General
9. Virology - Specific Pathogens and Infectious Diseases
10. Needle Stick Injuries
11. Bloodborne Viral Infections
12. Immunology and Vaccinology
13. Antimicrobials
14. Disinfection
15. Sterilisation
16. Handling of Reusable M
edical Devices
17. Environmental Medicine
18. Disinfestation
