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Mainstream Medicine - Communicable and Tropical Diseases

This book is part of a 'handy paperback' series. It is intended for M.R.C.P. candidates and senior undergraduate students, setting out to discuss infections in a worldwide context. Its worldwide content is its strength. Important diseases such as tuberculosis, intestinal infections, malaria and AIDS are informatively and concisely discussed. Another 25% of the text is devoted to important tropical diseases including leprosy and many parasitic diseases, but which are rare imports to westernised countries. There are many helpful lists, tables and maps, and a chapter of advice for world travellers. By contrast, subjects dear to western hearts are less comprehensively covered. Some commonplace facts escape mention, bacterial pneumonias after measles and chickenpox, important complications of infectious mononucleosis, the availability of meningococcal vaccines other than group A and widely used Jones Criteria for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever are a few examples. There are no separate chapters on immunisation programmes and their importance, or on investigating pyrexias of unknown origin. The particular balance of the book makes it a handy companion to Membership reading and an interesting browse for senior undergraduates, though the text would be easier to read if there were a few more headings to divide it up. As its preface suggests, other texts on both infectious diseases and antimicrobial chemotherapy will be required in preparation for M.R.C.P. At £12.95 this book is slightly more expensive than comparable texts.