Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings Book

Bitten True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings Pamela Nagami, M.D. Startling true cases of bite attacks, resulting infections, and ensuing treatments-from ticks, ants, and flying bats to elephant seals, komodo dragons, rhesus macaques, and the deadliest of all, humans he bite attacks featured in this dramatic book take placearound the world and throughout history. Some are as familiar and con-tem--por-ary as West Nile virus and as exotic and foreign as African Sleeping Sickness. Others, such as Penile Flesh-eating strep, the consequence of a human bite, are in a category of their own. Shocking examples include: -A nursing home attendant finds her patient's body swarm-ing with fire ants -A young girl descends into weeks of extreme lassitude until doctors discover an engorged tick feeding on her scalp -A traveler returns from Peru with Leishmaniasis, the slow decay of the nose and nasal passages The popularity and high ratings of The Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel have revealed an American appetite for the gruesome and deadly. In Bitten, Nagami caters to readers who are intrigued by human infec-tion and disease, and mesmerized by creatures in the wild. 'A marvelous volume of tales about hunting down infection in the emergency room, the operating room, and the intensive care unit.' -Jane E. Allen, Los Angeles Times on The Woman with a Worm in Her Head PAMELA NAGAMI, M.D., is a practicing physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases with the S. C. Permanente Medical Group and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. She lives with her husband in Encino, California. Current Affairs 0-312-31822-7 $24.95 $36.95 Canadian 51/2" x 81/4" / 368 pages JulyRead More