Lecture Notes: Tropical Medicine

"This book tells you what the safe humane doctor actually does when confronted by an ill patient with only his or her clinical skills for guidance, nothing in the laboratory pipeline and a very limited choice of treatments," BMJ "Perfect for those off on their electives who need a lightweight reference book, and a useful grounding for students considering tropical medicine as a future career," Barts and London Chronicle Providing a comprehensive introduction to the study of tropical medicine, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include new content, further illustrations and clinical photographs to aid understanding. Now fully supported by a companion website containing hundreds of interactive multiple choice questions, and available in a range of digital formats, Lecture Notes Tropical Medicine is the perfect resource for study and revision and is the ideal companion for those practising medicine in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Table of Contents Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations New Drug Names Part 1: A General Approach to Syndromes/Symptom Complexes 1 Gastrointestinal presentations 2 Respiratory presentations 3 Neurological presentations 4 Febrile presentations 5 Dermatological presentations 6 The patient with anaemia 7 A syndromic approach to sexually transmitted infections 8 Splenomegaly in the tropics Part 2: Major Tropical Infections 9 Malaria 10 Visceral leishmaniasis 11 Cutaneous leishmaniasis 12 Tuberculosis 13 HIV infection and disease in the tropics 14 Onchocerciasis, filariasis and loiasis 15 African trypanosomiasis 16 South American trypanosomiasis—Chagas’ disease 17 Schistosomiasis 18 Leprosy Part 3: Other Tropical Diseases Gastrointestinal 19 Amoebiasis 20 Bacillary dysentery 21 Cholera 22 Giardiasis and other intestinal protozoal infections 23 Intestinal cestode infections (tapeworms) including cysticercosis 24 Soil–transmitted helminths 25 Viral hepatitis 26 Liver and intestinal flukes 27 Hydatid disease Respiratory 28 Pneumonia 29 Lung flukes 30 Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia Neurological 31 Pyogenic meningitis 32 Cryptococcal meningitis 33 Encephalitis 34 Acute flaccid paralysis 35 Spastic paralysis 36 Rabies 37 Tetanus Fever 38 Brucellosis 39 Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers 40 Arboviruses 41 Viral haemorrhagic fevers 42 Dengue and yellow fever 43 Relapsing fevers 44 Rickettsial infections 45 Leptospirosis 46 Melioidosis Miscellaneous 47 Tropical ulcer 48 Buruli ulcer 49 Myiasis 50 Cutaneous larva migrans 51 Scabies and lice 52 Strongyloidiasis 53 Guinea worm infection (dracunculiasis) 54 Histoplasmosis 55 Other fungal infections 56 Haemoglobinopathies and red cell enzymopathies 57 Haematinic deficiencies 58 Bites and stings 59 Non–communicable diseases 60 Refugee health 61 Syndromes of malnutrition 62 Eye disease in the Tropics 63 Neglected tropical diseases Index