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BL
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734163
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b553989
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edited by Michael J. Denham.
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Infections in the Elderly\ edited by Michael J. Denham.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1986
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| Series Statement
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Modern geriatrics series, 1.
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(150 pages)
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9400941358
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: 9789400941359
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| Contents
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1 The principles of antibiotic practice in the elderly --;2 Infection and immunity in old age --;3 Skin infections in the elderly --;4 Septicaemia and infective endocarditis --;5 Infective diarrhoea --;6 Infections in the abdominal cavity in old age --;7 Tuberculosis in the elderly --;8 Bone and joint infections --;9 Central nervous system infections in the elderly --;10 Herpes simplex and varicella zoster virus infections in the elderly --;11 Opportunistic infections.
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Secondly, while the diagnosis and management of some infections in the elderly can present little problem, altered signs and symptoms in other older patients, especially the old elderly, can cause considerable diagnostic difficulties with resulting delays in definitive treat- ment.
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Emerging infectious diseases.
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Geriatrics.
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Medicine.
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Michael J Denham
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