Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Infectious Diseases Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780838514948 ISBN-10: 0838514944 Copyright: 2001 Edition: 1st Editors: Wilson, Walter R., Sande, Merle A., Drew, W. Lawrence, Relman, David A., Henry , Nancy K., Steckelberg, James M., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 84 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Dean Tsukayama,  MD  (Hennepin County Medical Center) Description This book on infectious diseases summarizes key points in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of clinical syndromes and specific pathogens that are encountered in clinical practice. Purpose This book is intended to provide students, residents, and practitioners with easily accessible, pertinent information that will aid in the recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infections. Audience The intended audience includes students, residents, other trainees, and practicing healthcare providers. I feel it can also serve as a valuable concise review for infectious diseases consultants, especially in areas in which an individual practitioner may have limited personal experience. The authors are recognized experts in the subjects they are addressing. Features The book summarizes key information pertinent to the management of common clinical syndromes and pathogens in infectious diseases. In this regard it is more comprehensive than would be expected of a book of this size. The individual chapters are well written and consistently included what I considered the essential elements. I found the tables especially easy to read, relevant, and practical. The illustrations are, overall, not as helpful Assessment I am not aware of another book of this kind in infectious diseases -- something reasonably complete in its description yet convenient in size and format. I would recommend it to interested students and residents. Personally, I found this to be useful as a reference for quick review and as an aid in teaching housestaff. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 3 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 8 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2010 Doody Enterprises, Inc.