Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract

This completely updated Second Edition examines the gastrointenstinal tract in relation to both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts. This edition features discussion on the many infections faced by adult and pediatric populations. New chapters cover "Cyclospora and advances in clinical microbiology related to enteric pathogenesis. Other chapters cover diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of diseases and consider current effective therapy, pharmacology, prophylaxis, and vaccines. World-renowned authors and editors present state-of-the-art summaries of each field.Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract, 2 was published 2002 under ISBN 9780781728478 and ISBN 0781728479.