Medical Management of Infectious Disease (Clinical Guides to Medical Management)

This text gathers information concerning the diagnosis and management of adult patients with infections in the outpatient setting. It includes tables, algorithms, pictures and diagrams to clarify and consolidate crucial points. Each chapter features key points boxes that summarize important topics and help direct providers to critical information. "Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever" (Osler 1896).