Schwartz Tropical Diseases in Travelers

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1685-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 504 Seiten, E-Book

Covering all the major tropical diseases that present a health riskto travelers, this book is an invaluable resource for allpractitioners who encounter the post travel patient. With emphasison clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment, it is the first book tosummarize the knowledge of post travel presentations in theotherwise non-immune and non-endemic population and will aidclinicians to evaluate travelers' symptoms.
The book is divided into three parts. The first is an overviewof key aspects of travel medicine; the second contains a detaileddiscussion of multiple viral, bacterial and parasitic infections.The third part provides a syndromic approach to patients withcommon travel complaints such as diarrhea, fever and respiratoryinfections. It also includes useful appendices with lists ofanti-parasitic drugs and available diagnostic tests.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwartz, Eli

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Part I: Tropical Diseases in Travelers: GeneralAspects:.
1. Introduction: Eli Schwartz.
2. The Art of Travel Medicine a Century Ago: Eli Schwartz.
3. Epidemiology of Post-Travel Illness: Pamela Rendi-Wagner andEli Schwartz.
4. Travelers as Sentinels for Disease Occurrence in DestinationCountries: David O. Freedman and Eli Schwartz.
5. VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives) Travelers: Phyllis E.Kozarsky and Jay S. Keystone.
6. Post-Tropical Screening: Joanna Herman and Peter L.Chiodini.
Part II: Specific Infections:.
7. Dengue Fever: Eli Schwartz.
8. West Nile Fever: Michal Chowers.
9. Japanese Encephalitis in Travelers: John Simon.
10. Yellow Fever, and Yellow Fever Vaccine-AssociatedDisease: Elizabeth D. Barnett.
11. Chikungunya: An Emerging Disease in Travelers: FabriceSimon, Elodie Vivier and Philippe Parola.
12. Ross River Virus: Joseph Torresi.
13. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: Annelies Wilder-Smith.
14: Rabies and the Traveler: Henry Wilde and ThiravatHemachudha.
15: Hepatitis A and E: The Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis:Nancy Piper Jenks and Eli Schwartz.
16. Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever: Eli Schwartz.
17. Bacterial Diarrhea: Herbert L. DuPont.
18. Rickettsial Diseases: Mogens Jensenius and PhilippeParola.
19: Relapsing Fever: Gil Sidi and Eli Schwartz.
20. Leptospirosis: Eyal Leshem and Eli Schwartz.
21. Malaria in Travelers: Epidemiology, Clinical Aspects andTreatment: Eli Schwartz.
22. Malaria Diagnosis in Travelers: R. Scott Miller.
23. Malaria-Prevention: Eli Schwartz.
24. Schistosomiasis: Eli Schwartz.
25. Filarial Infections: Thomas B. Nutman.
26. Human Trypanosomiasis: African and American Tryponasomiasis(Chagas): Johannes A. Blum.
27. Cystic Echinococcosis: Enrico Brunetti.
28. Neurocysticercosis: Eli Schwartz.
29. Histoplasmosis and and Other Endemic Fungal Infections:Michael J. Segel and Eli Schwartz.
30. Intestinal Protozoa: Giardia, Amebiasis, Cyclospora,Blastocsystis Hominis, Dientamoeba Fragilis and CryptosporidiumParvum: Karin Leder.
31. Intestinal Helminths: Strongyloides stercoralis, AscarisLumbricoides, Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiuria, EnterobiusVermicularis, Trichinella, Intestinal Tapeworms and Liver Flukes:Karin Leder.
32. Leishmaniasis: Eli Schwartz.
33. Ectoparasites: Myiasis, Tungiasis, Scabies: Eli Schwartz andEric Caumes.
34. Helminthic Skin Diseases in Travelers: Eric Caumes.
35. Delusional Parasitosis: Eli Schwartz, Jay Keystone and HenryAbramovitch.
Part III: Syndromic Approach:
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36. An Approach to the Patient with Post-travel Diarrhea: EliSchwartz and Bradley A. Connor.
37. Approach to the Patient with Fever: Eli Schwartz.
38. Approach to Returning Travelers with Skin Lesions: EricCaumes.
39. Approach to Travel-Related Eosinophilia: Eyal Meltzer andEli Schwartz.
40. Approach to Patients with Protracted RheumatologicalManifestations: Eli Schwartz and Michael Ehrenfeld.
41. Travel Related Respiratory Infections: Eyal Meltzer and EliSchwartz.
42: Neurological Signs and Symptoms in Travelers: Einar P.Wilder-Smith and Annelies Wilder-Smith.
43. Closing Remarks: Eli Schwartz.
Appendixes.
A. Useful Anti-Parasitic Drugs.
B. Diagnostic Tests Available for Tropical Diseases.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eli Schwartz, MD, DTMH, Head of The Center for Geographic Medicine, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel