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Bacterial Infections of Humans

Epidemiology and Control

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Alfred S. Evans

    1. Late of Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

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  2. Philip S. Brachman

    1. The Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, USA

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Introduction and Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Philip S. Brachman
      Pages 3-12

    3. Epidemiological Concepts

      • Alfred S. Evans
      Pages 13-64

    4. Public Health Surveillance

      • Philip S. Brachman
      Pages 65-80

  3. Acute Bacterial Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. The Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents

      • Fred C. Tenover, John E. McGowan Jr.
      Pages 83-93

    3. Anthrax

      • Philip S. Brachman, Arnold F. Kaufmann
      Pages 95-107

    4. Bacterial Foodborne Disease

      • Gregory L. Armstrong, Jill Hollingsworth, J. Glenn Morris Jr.
      Pages 109-138

    5. Botulism

      • Frederick J. Angulo, Michael E. St. Louis
      Pages 139-153

    6. Brucellosis

      • Edward J. Young, Wendell H. Hall
      Pages 155-167

    7. Campylobacter Infections

      • Ban Mishu Allos, David N. Taylor
      Pages 169-190

    8. Chancroid

      • George P. Schmid
      Pages 191-196

    9. Chlamydial Infections

      • Julius Schachter, E. Russell Alexander
      Pages 197-222

    10. Cholera

      • Robert V. Tauxe
      Pages 223-242

    11. Clostridium difficile

      • Dale N. Gerding, Stuart Johnson
      Pages 243-251

    12. Diphtheria

      • Iain R. B. Hardy
      Pages 253-268

    13. Escherichia coli Diarrhea

      • Herbert L. DuPont, John J. Mathewson
      Pages 269-283

    14. Gonococcal Infections

      • James De Maio, Jonathan Zenilman
      Pages 285-304

    15. Haemophilus influenzae

      • Joel I. Ward, Constance M. Vadheim
      Pages 305-336
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About this book

In Memoriam of Alfred S. Evans This third edition of Bacterial Infections of Humans is dedicated to Alfred Spring Evans, who died on January 21, 1996, 2Yz years after a diagnosis of cancer. Al was the senior editor of this textbook, which he founded with Harry Feldman in 1982. Al was a clinician, epidemiologist, educator, catalyst for biomedical research, historian, author, speaker, seeker of the truth, sincere friend of students, sports enthusiast, traveler, and truly a man of all seasons. He was a devoted husband to Brigette Klug Evans, father of three children, and grandfather of four. Al was born in Buffalo, New York, on August 21,1917, to Ellen Spring and John H. Evans, M.D., one ofthe United States's first anesthesiologists and an early researcher in the field of oxygen therapy. He received his undergraduate training at the University of Michigan; was awarded an M.D. degree in 1943 from the University of Buffalo; interned in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and performed his medical residency at the Goldwater Hospital in New York City. He was in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946, assigned as a public health officer to a base in Okinawa, Japan. It was there that he met Drs.

Reviews

About previous editions:
`Practically faultless ... recommended for purchase by all major hospital libraries.'
The Lancet
`Remarkable consistency... well written... a wealth of information... admirably fills the niche for which it was intended.'
Journal of American Medical Association
About the New Edition:
`Overall, this is a fine text, current, and concise, a useful reference that truly complements the more traditional textbooks of microbiology...This volume will find a place on many physicians bookshelves ...I hope that Dr. Bachman, his colleagues...will continue Bacterial Infections in Humans and its companion Viral Infections in Humans for many editions to come.'
Journal of American Medical Association, 281:23 (1999)
`All in all, the third edition of `Bacterial Infections of Humans' is a highly recommendable book and worth its price.'
Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, 289:5-7 (1999)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Late of Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Alfred S. Evans

  • The Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, USA

    Philip S. Brachman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bacterial Infections of Humans

  • Book Subtitle: Epidemiology and Control

  • Editors: Alfred S. Evans, Philip S. Brachman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5327-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Publishing Corporation 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5327-4Published: 08 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: LVIII, 888

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, Epidemiology

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