The intent of the course is
to provide a background into the clinical and pathophysiologic aspects of
infectious disease of organ systems. Topics covered includes: Approach to
Infectious Diseases, Fever, Vaccines and Passive Immunotherapy, Skin and Soft
Tissue Infections, Bacteremia and Infective Endocarditis, Acute and Chronic
Menigitis, Bone and Join, Urinary Tract, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Viral
Meningitis and Encephalitis.
This PDF covers the following topics related to Infectious Diseases:
preparing for the future : Introduction, Infectious diseases today, Future
disease threats, Climate change and its impact on infectious diseases, China –
future trends in human and animal infectious diseases, The future effects of
infectious diseases on ecosystems, Experts involved in the work, Overview of the
work of the project, Structure of the various reports and supporting papers.
The intent of the course is
to provide a background into the clinical and pathophysiologic aspects of
infectious disease of organ systems. Topics covered includes: Approach to
Infectious Diseases, Fever, Vaccines and Passive Immunotherapy, Skin and Soft
Tissue Infections, Bacteremia and Infective Endocarditis, Acute and Chronic
Menigitis, Bone and Join, Urinary Tract, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Viral
Meningitis and Encephalitis.
Infectious diseases
are the world’s greatest killers that present one of the most significant
health and security challenges facing the global community.This book gives a
comprehensive overview of recent trends in infectious diseases, as well as
general concepts of infections, immunopathology, diagnosis, treatment,
epidemiology and etiology to current clinical recommendations in management of
infectious diseases, highlighting the ongoing issues, recent advances, with
future directions in diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies.
This note explains the following topics: immunity and how vaccines
work, Storage, distribution and disposal of vaccines, immunisation procedures,
immunisation by nurses and other healthcare professionals, infectious diseases,
vaccinations and vaccines.
Author(s): Dr David Salisbury, Dr Mary Ramsay and Dr
Karen Noakes