Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION
- TECHNIQUES IN DIAGNOSING DERMATOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF DERMATOLOGIC INFECTIONS IN THE SKIN
- PART 1 COMMON INFECTIONS
- PART II LESS COMMON INFECTIONS
- PART III INFECTIONS IN SELECTED ECOSYSTEMS
- PART IV INFECTIONS IN SELECTED PATIENT POPULATIONS
- PART V INFECTIONS OF SPECIFIC SKIN-ASSOCIATED BODY SITES
- PART VI SPECIAL DISEASE CATEGORIES
- Index
INTRODUCTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION
- TECHNIQUES IN DIAGNOSING DERMATOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF DERMATOLOGIC INFECTIONS IN THE SKIN
- PART 1 COMMON INFECTIONS
- PART II LESS COMMON INFECTIONS
- PART III INFECTIONS IN SELECTED ECOSYSTEMS
- PART IV INFECTIONS IN SELECTED PATIENT POPULATIONS
- PART V INFECTIONS OF SPECIFIC SKIN-ASSOCIATED BODY SITES
- PART VI SPECIAL DISEASE CATEGORIES
- Index
Summary
A comprehensive melding of the fields of dermatology and infectious diseases is long overdue. It is the skin that is often the first sign of infection and the easiest organ to quickly access with an educated eye, culture, scraping, and histo-pathologic evaluation. It is the observation of the skin that can hold the chance for the earliest diagnosis and thus the most timely attempts at therapy. This same observation can guide the clinician through the maze of enumerable, often confusing, and sometimes costly follow-up confirmatory tests. Let us now, in these pages, take this opportunity the integument has given us to lead us through the ever-increasingly important field of infectious diseases.
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- Skin InfectionsDiagnosis and Treatment, pp. 1Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009