Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control

Author: Alfred S. Evans
Published: November 1998
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN: 0306453231
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 888

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This latest edition remains the unequaled compendium of research on the epidemiology, control, and prevention of the gamut of bacterial infections across the globe. A revised version of the classic desktop reference, this text incorporates new information on bacterial resistance and H. pylori, and all references have been updated. 175 illus. Overall, this is a fine text, current, clear, and concise, a useful reference that truly complements the more traditional textbooks of microbiology and infectious diseases. Students will discover the relevance of microbiology in clinical medicine, and practitioners will find a review of pathogenesis, epidemiology, and techniques for intervention. This volume will find a place on many physicians' bookshelves. This is the third edition of a book that focuses on how the understanding of the complex interplay of host environment and pathogens can improve our control of bacterial infections in humans. The loss of one of its founding editors inspired a touching tribute to his contributions to the field of infectious disease in general and preventive medicine in particular. An aggregate of expert authors describes specific bacterial diseases in a translational fashion, beginning with microbiology with an emphasis on pathobiological characteristics of organisms and how they affect transmission as well as epidemiologic characteristics. There is discussion of how the interplay of host, environmental, and microbiologic factors can possibly be modified to after a disease has been transmitted. All chapters are tightly edited to a specific format, and this will be a boon to the compulsive reader. The suggested readings at the end of each chapter are also a nice technical touch. Internists, microbiologists, public health officials, infectious disease subspecialists at all points in training should read this book. It is the leader in its field and is especially useful in its ability to blend basic science with public health concepts. Since most physicians really do not understand epidemiological concepts and the methodology of public health surveillance and disease control, the first three chapters of this third edition alone make it worth the price. It is excellent, readable, and understandable, and it should be required reading for all those who have a desire to really understand infectious disease and its relationship to human health. I had only very minor complaints: perhaps a bit more time shouldhave been spent on the emerging problems of the newer aspects of chlamydia and vasculopathy and Bartonella, Ehrlichia (especially the former's new relationship to homelessness); and unfortunately time to press prevented extensive discussion of the Lyme vaccine and the interesting results of the recently revealed vaccine trials. Still, this is a very good book, highly recommended for all those interested in the public health dimensions of bacterial diseases. A complete update of the comprehensive and authoritative reference/text originally published in 1982. New chapters have been added on listeriosis, Lyme disease, toxic shock syndrome, and yersiniosis. Summaries review advances in each chapter since the first edition, as well as review the new chapters. Evans, Alfred S. (Yale Univ School of Medicine); Brachman, Phillip S. (Emory Univ)

Table of Contents
Introduction
Ch. 1 Epidemiological Concepts
Ch. 2 Public Health Surveillance
Ch. 3 The Epidemiology of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents
Ch. 4 Anthrax
Ch. 5 Bacterial Foodborne Disease
Ch. 6 Botulism
Ch. 7 Brucellosis
Ch. 8 Campylobacter Infections
Ch. 9 Chancroid
Ch. 10 Chlamydial Infections
Ch. 11 Cholera
Ch. 12 Clostridium difficile
Ch. 13 Diphtheria
Ch. 14 Escherichia coli Diarrhea
Ch. 15 Gonococcal Infections
Ch. 16 Haemophilus influenzae
Ch. 17 Helicobacter pylori
Ch. 18 Legionellosis
Ch. 19 Leprosy
Ch. 20 Leptospirosis
Ch. 21 Listeria monocytogenes Infections
Ch. 22 Lyme Disease
Ch. 23 Meningococcal Infections
Ch. 24 Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Other Human Mycoplasmas
Ch. 25 Nosocomial Bacterial Infections
Ch. 26 Pertussis
Ch. 27 Plague
Ch. 28 Pneumococcal Infections
Ch. 29 Q Fever
Ch. 30 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Ch. 31 Salmonellosis: Nontyphoidal
Ch. 32 Shigellosis
Ch. 33 Staphylococcal Infections
Ch. 34 Streptococcal Infections
Ch. 35 Syphilis
Ch. 36 Nonvenereal Treponematoses
Ch. 37 Tetanus
Ch. 38 Toxic Shock Syndrome (Staphylococcal)
Ch. 39 Tuberculosis
Ch. 40 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease
Ch. 41 Tularemia
Ch. 42 Typhoid Fever
Ch. 43 Yersinia enterocolitica Infections
Index

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