Current Clinical Topics in Infectious Diseases, Volume 18

An annual update devoted to the state of the clinical art in selected topics in infectious diseases, Volume 18 addresses 16 of the most important and timely issues in infectious disease in concise, practical, carefully edited chapters. From emerging diseases (HHV-8: A New Viral Agent) to common but pernicious illnesses (eg, Prevention and Management of Traveler's Diarrhea), CCTID 18 offers a survey of the state-of-the-art in these topics. Other chapters include Bavesiosis (a tick-borne blood disease), Drug Therapy of HIV-Infected Patients Without AIDS, and Hepatitis G. Vincent Andriole, a world-renowned ID physician and researcher contributed an article on combined drug therapy for fungal infections.