Ni dlya kogo ne sekret, chto bol'shinstvo vrachey raznykh spetsial'nostey nedostatochno znakomy s klinicheskimi proyavleniyami osnovnykh sindromov infektsionnykh bolezney. Otsutstvie navyka v provedenii differentsial'nogo diagnoza neredko privodit k tomu, chto infektsionnye bol'nye popadayut v obshchesomaticheskie statsionary, a patsientami infektsionnykh otdeleniy stanovyatsya neprofil'nye bol'nye. Vovremya ustanovlennyy nozologicheskiy diagnoz vazhen kak s epidemiologicheskoy, tak i s lechebnoy tochki zreniya. Sovremennaya infektsionnaya sluzhba imeet mnogo obshchikh tochek soprikosnoveniya s terapevticheskoy, khirurgicheskoy i ryadom drugikh sluzhb. Poetomu, v svoey prakticheskoy deyatel'nosti vrachi-infektsionisty obyazany orientirovat'sya v klinike vnutrennikh, khirurgicheskikh, kozhnykh, nevrologicheskikh i drugikh zabolevaniy, a terapevty, khirurgi, nevrologi, dermatologi vladet' navykami po diagnostike infektsionnykh bolezney. Kniga mozhet okazat'sya poleznoy kak studentam, internam, klinicheskim ordinatoram, tak i vracham razlichnykh spetsial'nostey, osobenno tol'ko nachinayushchim svoyu meditsinskuyu deyatel'nost'.