Infections in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases (eBook, ePUB)

Risk Factors and Management

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Infections in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: Risk Factors and Management, Volume Sixteen describes the state-of-the-art of the risk factors and management treating the most common systemic autoimmune diseases (SADS). This updated volume consists of an introductory chapter that provides a brief overview of what different types of infectious diseases exist, followed by eight chapters detailing risk factors, guidelines and recommendations per different disease and bacterial infections. International in scope, the list of more than 20 contributors from Europa and America reads like a who's who of clinical researchers in the field.

• Written by leading international clinical/surgical and scientific experts on Infection problems in systemic autoimmune diseases
• Provides a practical guide to the safer treatment of infections in patients with autoimmune diseases
• Includes a number of problems and recommendation that cannot be found in other books
• Designed as a 'guide to clinical practice' for management and risk interventions required by patients with SAD's

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780444642189
• Artikelnr.: 61689099

Autorenporträt

Fabiola Atzeni, MD, PhD is currently Full Professor and Head of the Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. Her clinical and research interest lies in immunotherapies in autoimmune diseases with particular focus on the investigation and management of differential response to biological therapies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Spondyloarthritis (SpA), and cardiovascular aspects of the different rheumatic diseases with particular emphasis on arteriosclerosis. Dr. Atzeni has co-authored over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters, is a regular reviewer for several international journals. She is involved in several international and national meetings focused on cardiovascular and infection aspects.Massimo is Doctor of medicine at the University of Milan. And director of the department of
infectious diseases

Inhaltsangabe

1. The spectrum of infectious disease
2. Comorbidities in patients with rheumatic disease
3. Drugs used in rheumatic disease
4. Risk/benefit management in the infectious phase
5. Vaccine recommendations in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases
6. Education for patients/family and doctors

Rezensionen

"This is a short yet comprehensive book describing infections in systemic autoimmune diseases. This series, with over 30 contributors and 15 predecessor volumes to this 16th volume, collectively presents a comprehensive resource for
rheumatologists, clinical immunologists, infectious disease specialists, and internists who are searching for updates on the subject." --Doody