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The novel viral pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has sparked uncertainties and controversies as to its origin, epidemiology, and natural course. In this situation, the medical disciplines have strived to contribute to a better understanding of the disease with the best available evidence gained from the scientific method of observation and statistics. The study of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 has evolved with the hope that they may be useful as markers for the disease, for prognostication, and further insights into the pathogenesis of the disease manifestations. In the wake of COVID-19, we have decided to take a more general look at the hair and scalp in infectious disease. Specifically, we must recognize that infectious diseases have wider preconditions besides the infectious agents, to include environmental and societal factors. Unless we also take account of the ecological, immunological, and behavioral circumstances that affect the emergence and spread ofinfectious diseases, including those of the hair and scalp, our knowledge of the pathogens and their connection to clinical disease presentation remain only partial and incomplete. This book aims at illustrating in detail the environmental and individual preconditions, the pathogens, the clinical presentations, and the management of the infectious diseases that affect the hair and scalp, to include superficial and deep bacterial, fungal, and viral infections, infestations, systemic infectious diseases causing hair loss, their effective treatment, and their prevention.  Hair in Infectious Disease offers a complete overview of infectious hair disease and guides the practitioner in the choice of the best treatment; it will be a valued companion to board-certified dermatologists and dermatologists in training.

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Author:   Ralph M. Trüeb ,  Hudson Dutra Rezende ,  Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2023 ed.
Weight:   0.922kg
ISBN:  

9783031307539

ISBN 10:   3031307534
Pages:   418
Publication Date:   13 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface.-  1 Introduction.- 2 Brief History of Microbiology.- 2.1 In Jainism: Mahavira.- 2.2 Marcus Terentius Varro.- 2.3 Golden Age of Islamic Civilization: Avicenna and Al-Razi.- 2.4 Girolamo Fracastoro.- 2.5 Antonie van Leuwenhoek and the Invention of the Microscope.- 2.6 Birth of Bacteriology: Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch.- 2.7 History of Virology: Dmitrij Iwanowski.- 3 General Considerations on Infectious Diseases.- 3.1 Definition.- 3.2             Classification.- 3.3 Pathophysiology.- 3.4 Transmission.- 3.5 Epidemiology.- 3.6 Prevention.- 4. Infectious Diseases of the Scalp and Hair.- 4.1 Bacterial Diseases. - 4.1.1 Superficial Ostiofolliculitis.- 4.1.2 Impetigo.- 4.1.3 Folliculitis Decalvans.- 4.1.4 Gram-Negative Folliculitis.- 4.1.5 Acne Necrotica.- 4.1.6 Furuncle, Furunculosis, and Carbuncle.- 4.1.7 Trichobacteriosis Palmellina.- 4.1.8 Gonococcal Scalp Abscess of the Newborn.- 4.1.9        Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Scalp.- 4.1.10 Scalp Actinomycosis.- 4.1.11 Cutaneous Granular Bacteriosis.- 4.2 Fungal Diseases.- 4.2.1 Tinea Capitis.- 4.2.2 Tinea Favosa.- 4.2.3 Pityrosporum-Associated Scalp Conditions.- 4.2.4 Piedras.- 4.2.5 Fungal Tropical Diseases.- 4.3 Viral Diseases.- 4.3.1 Varicella Zoster.- 4.3.2 Herpes Folliculitis.- 4.3.3 Human Papilloma Virus-Associated Akanthopapilloma.- 4.3.4 Molluscum Contagiosum.- 4.3.5 Cytomegalovirus.- 4.3.6 Kaposi Sarcoma.- 4.4 Parasitic Disease and Infestations.- 4.4.1 Demodicosis.- 4.4.2 Crusted Scabies with Scalp Involvement.- 4.4.3 Pediculosis Capitis.- 4.4.4 Phthiriasis pubis.- 4.4.5 Tick Bite and Borreliosis.- 4.4.6 Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.- 4.4.7 Furunculoid Myiasis.- 4.4.8 Delusion of Parasitosis.- 4.4.9 Morgellons Disease.- 5. The Hair and Scalp in Systemic Infectious Disease.- 5.1 Bacterial Diseases.- 5.1.1 Syphilis.- 5.1.2 Tuberculosis.- 5.1.3 Leprosy.- 5.1.4  Hair Loss in Septic Shock and Toxic Shock Syndrome.- 5.2 Fungal Diseases.- 5.2.1 Septicemic Candida Albicans.- 5.2.2 Cryptococcosis.- 5.3 Viral Disease.- 5.3.1 AIDS.- 5.3.2 Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.- 5.3.3 Chikungunya Virus Disease.- 5.3.4 COVID-19.- 6. Diagnostic Techniques.- 6.1 Clinical Examination.- 6.2 Dermoscopy.- 6.3 Wood Lamp Examination.- 6.4 KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) Mounted Preparation.- 6.5 Microbiological Culture Systems.-6.6 Light and Electron Microscopy.- 6.7 Polymerase Chain Reaction.- 7 Posology, Efficacy, and Safety and Efficacy of Antiinfectious Treatments.- 7.1 Antibiotics.- 7.2 Antimycotics.- 7.3 Virostatics.- 7.4 Antiparasitic Agents.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- Subject Index.

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Ralph M. Trüeb, MD, is Professor of Dermatology. He received his MD and Swiss Board Certification for Dermatology and Venerology as well as for Allergology and Clinical Immunology from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. 1994-5 he spent a year at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas with Rick Sontheimer and at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Dallas with Bruce Beutler to complete his Fellowship in Immunodermatology. After 20 years tenure at the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, where he founded and was head of the Hair Consultation Clinic, he established in 2010 his private Center for Dermatology and Hair Diseases in Zurich, where he offers since 2013 doctors-in-training and dermatologists international traineeships in Medical Trichology/Trichiatry. He is founding President of the Swiss Trichology Study group (founding year: 1999), and past-President of the European Hair Research Society (2008-11). His clinical research interests focus on hair loss, inflammatory phenomena, hair aging and anti-aging, hair and nutrition, hair care and cosmetics, and patient expectation management. He is currently author of 261 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and 8 textbooks on hair. Hudson Dutra Rezende, MD is a board certified Dermatologist especially dedicated to the management of hair and scalp conditions. From 2019 to 2020, Dr. Dutra was invited to join a board of Dermatologists of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, Regional Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, when he was in charge of several medical events. In addition to his private practice in Sao Paulo, Dr. Dutra also teaches Trichology at Lusíada Foundation, Santos, working with physicians enrolled in the Postgraduate Dermatology Course. In 2020, as the pandemic spread, he focused his clinical researches on the better understanding of COVID-19 related hair loss and its impact on the quality of life in patients from Sao Paulo University (USP). He is one of the Editors of the Brazilian book Dermatologia das Alopecias e Estudos dos Cabelos and he has also published numerous peer-viewed papers and book chapters on hair and scalp diseases. Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias, MD, MsC. PhD is Professor of Dermatology; Chair of the Postgraduate Dermatology Course and Co-Chair of the Residency Training Program in Dermatology, at Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil. Thesis advisor at the Department of Dermatopathology-UFF. Dr. Maria Fernanda Gavazzoni is the founder of the First Alopecia Clinic at Antonio Pedro Federal Hospital-UFF, with special interest in cicatricial alopecia in patients of color and tropical infections. She is board member of the American Hair Research Society (AHRS) since 2018, former Treasurer and Secretary of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD) 2009-10 and former president of Fluminense Society of Brazilian Dermatologists 2019-20. She is the editor and author of the first text book on hair in Portuguese, several book chapters, and peer-viewed scientific publications. 

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