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HIV Infection: A Clinical Manual

2nd ed, by Howard Libman and Robert A. Witzburg, 555 pp, $32.50, paper, ISBN 0-316-51162-5, Boston, Mass, Little Brown & Co, 1993.

Kay A. Bauman, MD, MPH, Reviewer
Department of Family Practice and Community Health John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii Mililani

Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(5):465-466.

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This clinical update is valuable to the physician who is either early in his experience with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease or one who is quite knowledgeable. I found the organization of the book to be particularly helpful. After an overview section that includes epidemiology and laboratory investigation, there are three major sections organized as follows: first, 13 chapters on presenting syndromes such as fever or pulmonary manifestions; second, a section on opportunistic diseases; and third, special topics. The practitioner thus can either refer to a chapter that discusses a broad differential and diagnostic approach for the presenting complaint or to a chapter on a particular HIV-related opportunistic disease. The latter group consists of 11 chapters that provide updated information on diagnoses such as lymphoma or toxoplasmosis. Two of the best chapters of the book are in the final section devoted to special topics: "The Drug-Using Patient" and "HIV Infection . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]






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