OXFORD HANDBOOK OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

1: Management of the sick child
2: Malaria
3: HIV/AIDS
4: Tuberculosis
5: Chest medicine
6: Diarrhoeal diseases
7: Gastroenterology
8: Cardiovascular Medicine
9: Renal medicine
10: Neurology
11: Haematology
12: Endocrinology and biochemistry
13: Ophthalmology
14: Dermatology
15: Bone, joint, and soft tissue infections
16: Sexually transmitted infections
17: Nutrition
18: Multi-system diseases and infections
19: Mental health
20: Trauma
21: Poisoning and envenoming
22: Immunisation
23: Health Emergencies in Humanitarian Crises
24: Obstetrics & Gynaecology -emergencies
25: Nosocomial infection, Antibiotic prescribing & resistance

About this Book
- A comprehensive reference guide, in a concise, easy-reference style
- The authoritative guide to all essential information, from common problems to rare diseases
- A lifeline for all medics working in tropical environments and low-resource settings
- Practical evidence-based advice on diagnosis, clinical features, and management

New to this edition
- Fully revised and updated, with latest clinical information and guidelines
- Contains new images and tables to enhance ease-of-reference
- Includes additional topics and new chapters on nosocomial infection, antibiotics, and humanitarian crises

The Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine, fourth edition is the definitive resource for medical problems in tropical regions, and in low-resource settings. Comprehensive in scope, and concise in style, this portable guide ensures that you always have the vital information you need at your fingertips.
Fully revised and updated for its fourth edition, it includes brand new chapters on humanitarian crises, poisoning and envenoming, nosocomial infections, and antibiotic resistance. The paediatric illness sections have been expanded, and website links have been fully updated and extended. With the clear, easy-reference style of the trusted Oxford Handbook format, written and reviewed by an international team of clinical experts, this is a truly global handbook and an essential resource. Make sure you never leave home without it!

Readership: Trainees and clinicians in the tropics, medical officers working in district or rural level hospitals, or in private practice in the developing world, junior doctors on electives and medical students. Nursing and paramedical staff in the tropics.

Author Information
Edited by Andrew Brent, Specialist Registrar in Infectious Diseases Nuffield Department of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology and Centre for Tropical Medicine, Oxford, UK, Robert Davidson, Consultant Physician, Northwick Park Hospital; Hon Sen Lecturer, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK, and Anna Seale, WT Research Training Fellow, Oxford University; KEMRI-Wellcome, CGMR-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya