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Infectious Diseases.
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By Donald Armstrong and Jonathan Cohen. Pp 2000; £250 (two volumes). London: Mosby, 1999. ISBN 0723 423288.
The most striking first impression of these two volumes is the lavish production with marvellous illustrations, photographs, and tables. It has many excellent features. The text is well set out and easy on the eye. The experience of the authors in approaching various diseases and clinical syndromes comes through strongly. The sections comprehensively cover infectious disease from basic science to clinical management. The clinical microbiology section is an important anchor and could be a short textbook in itself. I very much enjoyed the numerous practice points, which are …