LEADER 02400nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910791477203321 005 20230725015526.0 010 $a1-74223-246-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000015714 035 $a(EBL)555735 035 $a(OCoLC)664353848 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000673881 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000673881 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10644990 035 $a(PQKB)10823639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC555735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL555735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10400686 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000015714 100 $a20100720h20102009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe deadly dinner party$b[electronic resource] $eand other medical detective stories /$fJonathan A. Edlow 210 $aSydney, N.S.W. $cUniversity of New South Wales Press, Ltd.$d2010, c2009 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-74223-155-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-235) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Human meets pathogen -- pt. 2. The external environment -- pt. 3. The internal milieu. 330 $aThe 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 gri 606 $aDiagnosis$vPopular works 606 $aDiagnosis, Differential$vPopular works 606 $aMedicine$vCase studies 615 0$aDiagnosis 615 0$aDiagnosis, Differential 615 0$aMedicine 676 $a362.1 676 $a616.07/5 676 $a616.075 700 $aEdlow$b Jonathan A$01495219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791477203321 996 $aThe deadly dinner party$93719240 997 $aUNINA