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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254656403321

Titolo

Emerging Infectious Uveitis / / edited by Soon-Phaik Chee, Moncef Khairallah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-23416-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 203 p. 68 illus., 60 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

617.7

Soggetti

Ophthalmology

Infectious diseases

Infectious Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Emerging Bacterial Infections: Rickettsioses -- Syphilis -- Lyme Disease -- Bartonellosis -- Tuberculosis -- Leptospirosis -- Other Bacterial Infections. Emerging Viral Infections: Cytomegalo Virus Anterior Uveitis -- West Nile Virus Infection -- Chikungunya -- Dengue Fever -- Rift Valley Fever -- HTLV1 -- Other Viral Infections. Emerging Parasitic Infections: Cysticercosis -- Intraocular Nematodes. Emerging Fungal Infections: Candida -- Aspergillus and Other Fungi.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews the various emerging infectious diseases that show a significant association with uveitis, describing and explaining their ocular manifestations with the aid of color illustrations. In addition, it presents brief reports of further emerging infections that are associated with uveitis in rare cases. The coverage is wide ranging, encompassing diverse emerging bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal infections. Individual chapters are also devoted to important re-emergent diseases such as syphilis and tuberculosis, with the focus on new data on epidemiology, diagnosis, and management.      Emerging infectious diseases are defined as “those whose incidence in humans has increased within the past two decades or threatens to increase in the near future”. Emergence may be due to the spread of a new agent, to the recognition of an infection that has been present in the population but has gone undetected, or to the realization that an



established disease has an infectious origin. This book will be an invaluable source of information on all aspects of uveitis in these diseases.