The Woman with a Worm in Her Head And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease,9780312306014

The Woman with a Worm in Her Head And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780312306014
ISBN10: 0312306016
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-12-06
Publisher(s): St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary

ost people think nothing of that salad for lunch, that insect bite, that swim in the sea; yet these all bring human beings into contact with dangerous, even deadly microorganisms. For Allan Roth, an insect bite on his foot made him a target for flesh-eating strep; chicken pox attacked Charlie Blairs body until he looked like a third-degree burn victim. In The Woman with a Worm in Her Head, Dr. Pamela Nagami reveals the facts about some of the deadliest diseases: the warning signs, treatments, and mos~ compellingly, what it feels like to make medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death.

Author Biography

Dr. Pamela Nagami is a practicing physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. She has made appearances on CNN and NPR. She lives with her husband and two children in Encino, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Introduction xi
Worm Hunt
15(18)
Wounded Hearts
33(16)
Valley Fever
49(22)
AIDS
71(20)
Maneater
91(28)
A Fever from Africa
119(28)
Manju
147(26)
The Woman with a Worm in Her Head
173(20)
Septic Shock
193(20)
A Case of Chickenpox
213(20)
Call Me Spot
233(14)
Conclusion 247(4)
Glossary 251(18)
Selected Bibliography 269(12)
Index 281

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