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Current Trends and Concerns in Infectious Diseases

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  1. I. W. Fong

    1. St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  • A comprehensive review of the most topical issues in infectious diseases
  • Highlights controversies related to new findings and recommendations
  • Includes the latest research on HIV, Hepatitis B and C, H. pylori, climate change and infectious disease, blood transfusion-associated infections, and more

Part of the book series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century (EIDC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Prevention of HIV Infection

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    Pages 1-29

  3. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome and Paradoxical Reaction

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    Pages 31-58

  4. Issues in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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    Pages 59-79

  5. Helicobacter pylori Infection: When Should It Be Treated?

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    Pages 81-102

  6. Major Advances in Hepatitis C Treatment but Not Hepatitis B

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    Pages 103-129

  7. Infectious Complications of Biological Agents

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    Pages 131-163

  8. Climate Change: Impact on Health and Infectious Diseases Globally

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    Pages 165-190

  9. Blood Transfusion-Associated Infections in the Twenty-First Century: New Challenges

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    Pages 191-215

  10. Mass Drug Treatment of Tropical Diseases: Is It Really Progress?

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    Pages 217-239

  11. Issues in Therapeutics of Some Bacterial Infections: Vancomycin Use, Osteomyelitis, Endocarditis, and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

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    Pages 241-270

  12. Issues and Concerns in the Management of Systemic Candidiasis

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    Pages 271-287

  13. Emerging and Difficult to Treat Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections

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    Pages 289-317

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 321-330
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About this book

A follow-up to Emerging Issues and Controversies in Infectious Diseases, this volume provides a comprehensive review of topical issues in infectious diseases, highlighting the controversies related to the newest findings and recommendations. Coverage includes trends and debates in HIV research, community-acquired pneumonia, H. pylori, progress in Hepatitis C treatment paired with the lack of progress on Hepatitis B, and the effects of climate change on infectious disease epidemiology, among others. This is an essential resource for practicing and academic physicians, investigators, residents, and fellows focused on infectious diseases, infection control, public health, and global health.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    I. W. Fong

About the author

Ignatius Fong is the Editor of Springer’s Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century series. He has served as Chief Editor for six books and the sole author for another six books published in the series. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto and as a Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Fong has published studies concerning a variety of infectious diseases that include therapeutics and pharmacology of antibiotics, AIDS and the treatment of opportunistic infections, mechanistic and treatment studies of mucosal candidiasis, and pathogenic studies on infection and induction of atherosclerosis in animal models. He was Chief of Infectious Diseases at St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto) for 34 years; he is still on staff in Infectious Diseases and is a Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current Trends and Concerns in Infectious Diseases

  • Authors: I. W. Fong

  • Series Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36966-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36965-1Published: 07 March 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36968-2Published: 07 March 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36966-8Published: 06 March 2020

  • Series ISSN: 1573-4684

  • Series E-ISSN: 2627-5872

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 329

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology

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