Overview
Discusses basic and clinical aspects of infections and infectious processes and their relationship to rheumatic diseases
Provides a guide for physicians who use biologic therapy to treat rheumatic diseases in clinical medicine
Examines the role of the microbiome and microbiota
Addresses reactive and viral arthritis as well as arthritis due to mycobacteria, fungi, and spirochete
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Basic Aspects of Bacterial Infections
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Viral Arthritides
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About this book
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the basic and clinical aspects of infections and infectious processes that trigger or aggravate a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory musculoskeletal disorders. It delivers a timely update on the interactions between infection and rheumatic diseases in order to provide clinicians with the tools they need for proper diagnosis and treatment.
The book is divided into five main sections. The first examines the basic aspects of bacterial infections with a discussion of molecular biology, the microbiome, various types of bacteria that cause infection, and recent advances in biologic therapy. The next section focuses on different forms of viral arthritis including hepatitis arthritis, arthritis associated with alpha viruses, and parvovirus-related arthritis. Subsequent chapters then discuss arthritis caused by mycobacteria, fungi, spirochete, and other miscellaneous arthritides. Following this are various analyzations on reactive arthritis and infection-related rheumatic diseases such as Whipple’s Disease, SAPHO Syndrome, rheumatic fever, and HIV-associated rheumatic manifestations. Finally, the book closes with three chapters on external impacts on infectious diseases such as climate change, vaccinations and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Infections and the Rheumatic Diseases is an essential resource for physicians and related professionals, residents, fellows, graduate students, and nurses in rheumatology, clinical immunology, and internal medicine.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor and Chief
Section of Rheumatology
LSU Health Sciences at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70112
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Infections and the Rheumatic Diseases
Editors: Luis R. Espinoza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23311-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23310-5Published: 09 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23313-6Published: 09 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23311-2Published: 26 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 460
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Rheumatology