Divining without Seeds : The Case for Strengthening Laboratory Medicine in Africa

Divining without Seeds The Case for Strengthening Laboratory Medicine in Africa

Infectious disease is the most common cause of illness and death in Africa, yet health practitioners routinely fail to identify causative microorganisms in most patients. As a result, patients often do not receive the right medicine in time to cure them promptly even when such medicine is available,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Okeke, Iruka N., 1970- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press 2011.
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work.
Materias:
Clinical Medicine > methods > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Laboratories > supply & distribution > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Communicable Diseases > diagnosis > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Clinical medicine > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Medical laboratories > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Diagnosis, Laboratory > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009649824006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The power of sight
  • Fever: is it malaria?
  • Fever: beyond malaria
  • Drug resistance
  • Viral hemorrhagic fevers
  • Detecting covert infection ahead of the final diagnosis
  • Diagnostic certainty and disease control
  • Origins and outlook of diagnostic insufficiency in Africa
  • Conclusion: the feasibility of laboratory diagnosis in African settings.

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