02433nam 2200589 a 450 991045845760332120200520144314.01-74223-246-9(CKB)2560000000015714(EBL)555735(OCoLC)664353848(SSID)ssj0000673881(PQKBManifestationID)11464047(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000673881(PQKBWorkID)10644990(PQKB)10823639(MiAaPQ)EBC555735(Au-PeEL)EBL555735(CaPaEBR)ebr10400686(EXLCZ)99256000000001571420100720h20102009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe deadly dinner party[electronic resource] and other medical detective stories /Jonathan A. EdlowSydney, N.S.W. University of New South Wales Press, Ltd.2010, c20091 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-155-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-235) and index.pt. 1. Human meets pathogen -- pt. 2. The external environment -- pt. 3. The internal milieu.The world is filled with bizarre and fascinating ways to fall ill. A notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. In these fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories, practicing physician and award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as griDiagnosisPopular worksDiagnosis, DifferentialPopular worksMedicineCase studiesElectronic books.DiagnosisDiagnosis, DifferentialMedicine362.1616.07/5616.075Edlow Jonathan A885450MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458457603321The deadly dinner party1977227UNINA