The revised, updated Fifth Edition of this pocket book is a handy reference to consult when making bedside interpretations
of clinical data. Remarkably complete for its small size, the book lists nearly 200 symptoms, physical signs, laboratory
test results, and radiologic findings and their differential diagnoses.
This edition has a new, more user-friendly two-color design, tabs indicating sections, and shortened lists of the
most common diagnoses. An expanded section on HIV infection covers new manifestations, including immune reconstitution
syndrome. The infectious disease chapter has been revised to reflect its increasing importance in clinical medicine,
the emergence of multi-drug resistant bacteria, and the threat of bioterrorism.