Lyme disease [[electronic resource] ] : an evidence based approach / / edited by John J. Halperin

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, U.K., : CABI, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.9/246
• Soggetto topico: Lyme disease
• Altri autori: HalperinJohn J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ticks : the vectors of Lyme disease / Robert P. Smith -- Borrelia : biology of the organism / A. Toledo, J. L. Benach -- Borrelia : interactions with the host immune system / R. Dattwyler -- Diagnostic testing / Barbara J. B. Johnson -- Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection after antibiotic treatment : what can we learn from animal models? / J.W.R. Hovius and G.P. Wormser -- Global epidemiology of Borrelia burgdorferi Infections / Paul S. Mead -- Antibiotic therapy for infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi / Sensu Lato, Gary P. Wormser -- Borreliosis : the UK perspective / Sue O'Connell -- Borreliosis : the European perspective / Gerold Stanek -- Erythema migrans / Robert B. Nadelman -- Cardiac involvement / Joseph Harburger, Jonathan L. Halperin -- Rheumatologic involvement / Leonard H Sigal -- Nervous system involvement / John J. Halperin -- Lyme disease in children / Eugene D. Shapiro -- The psychology of "post Lyme disease syndrome" and "not Lyme" / Afton L. Hassett -- The entity referred to as "chronic Lyme disease" / Adriana Marques -- Lyme disease : the great controversy / John J. Halperin, Phillip Baker, Gary P. Wormser.
• Sommario/riassunto: Providing the medical practitioner with a broad scientific understanding, this book discusses the causative organism, its requisite ecosystem, disease epidemiology, host-Borrelia interactions, diagnostic testing, clinical manifestations, therapeutic options, and long term prognosis. It explicitly reviews both the basic biology of the infection and practical clinical aspects, linking the two to demonstrate what is and is not attributable to this infection. It is an authoritative guide for medics and researchers involved with diagnosing and treating Lyme, covering biology, epidemiology and thera
• Titolo autorizzato: Lyme disease
• ISBN: 1-283-26775-6; 9786613267757; 1-84593-892-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910532969003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; ; 20.