Tropical Diseases: A Practical Guide for Medical Practitioners and StudentsTropical Diseases outlines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases encountered in developing regions—-areas where the unexpected can occur and where Western medical capabilities are often unavailable. Taking a pragmatic approach, it is an invaluable reference and resource for medical professionals and students travelling abroad or working in unfamiliar terrain. Diseases profiled here include a brief historical background, main signs and symptoms, and practical methods of individual prevention and treatment. Additional features include: - Over 60 maps depicting the geographic origins and modern distribution of tropical diseases - A classification scheme for parasitic diseases according to the location of the final parasitic stage in the human body - Clinical case studies For the new or experienced health care provider, Tropical Diseases is a handy, practical guide to treating and avoiding disease in any environment. Yann Meunier is the CEO of HealthConnect International Inc, a healthcare consulting company based in Silicon Valley, CA, and Advisor in the Medscholars Research Fellowships Program at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is honorary member of the Brazilian Academy of Medicine, associate member of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, member of the International Academy of Fellows and Associates, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. He received his Tropical Medicine specialty degree from the university Paris VI and was consultant in Tropical Medicine at the Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris. He has practiced medicine for many years in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America. |
Contents
Book Introduction | |
About the Main Author | |
About the Contributing Authors | |
Acknowledgments | |
Disease and Patient Introduction | |
Parasitic Diseases | |
Deep Fungal Diseases | |
Bacterial Chlamydial and Prion Diseases | |
Tropical Health Hazards | |
Map and Table Index | |
Patient Cases Index | |
Disease Index | |
Symptom Index | |
Meaning of Abbreviations | |
References | |
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adults Africa Amebiasis amphotericin Anthrax antibiotics Artesunate Asia asthenia Australia bite Brazil Cameroon cephalgia chronic Ciguatera Cochrane Database Syst Complications include Congo contaminated cough d'Ivoire Database Syst Rev death Dengue fever diarrhea diphtheria Distomatosis divided doses Doxycycline drug edema emesis encephalitis endemic Endemic Areas Epidemic Filariasis fish poisoning GlaxoSmithKline Gonorrhea or Clap Guinea Heat exhaustion hemorrhage hepatitis Histoplasmosis HIV/AIDS Hypersensitivity Iceland United Kingdom immunization Influenza intertropical zone Itraconazole Ketoconazole Lactation Leishmaniasis lesions liver Madagascar Main Symptoms malaria meningitis mg/day mg/kg mg/kg/day Miles Geographic Distribution months mushroom poisoning nausea occur Parasitic Diseases patients permethrin Pneumococcal disease Poliomyelitis or Polio Pregnancy pregnant women Preventive Measures Prion Diseases Rabies regimens repellents containing DEET respiratory Sanofi Pasteur Schistosomiasis skin South America symptoms include syndrome tabs tetanus therapy Toxocasriasis Treatment Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Tropical Diseases Trypanosomiasis Typhoid fever typhus ulcers vaccine virosis weeks Yellow fever