Manual of Clinical Problems in Infectious Disease provides the latest advances in the field-from descriptions of newly recognized infectious agents, to the latest diagnostic tests and emerging treatments.
Features:
- Concise summaries address more than 80 commonly encountered infectious diseases, with key facts on pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Organ-specific format makes essential information easy to find and use.
- "Real world" approach helps you tailor your therapeutic choices to the needs of each patient.
- Evidence-based discussions provide a scientific foundation for management decisions.
- New and updated tables put essential facts at your fingertips.
Contents
Upper Respiratory Tract
- Tonsillopharyngitis in Adults
- Sinusitis
- Infectious Mononucleosis-Many Faces of a Common Disease
Lower Respiratory Tract
- Acute Bronchitis
- Fever and Pleural Effusions
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly
- New Pathogens Causing Pneumonia-SARS
Cardiovascular System
- Infective Endocarditis-Diagnostic Criteria
- Culture-Negative Endocarditis
- Surgery in Active Infective Endocarditis
- Endocarditis Prophylaxis
Gastrointestinal System
- Filling Defects of the Liver
- Community-Acquired Peritonitis
- Infections of the Hepatobiliary Tract
- Management of Infectious Diarrhea
- Hepatitis C-Diagnosis and Management
Urinary Tract
- Urinary Tract Infections-Basic Principles of Therapy
- Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
- The Significance of Pyuria
- Prostatitis
- Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
- Candiduria
Genital Tract
- Urethral Discharge
- Serologic Tests for Syphilis
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Therapy of Genital Herpes
- Vaginitis
- Human Papillomavirus
Nervous System
- Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Central Nervous System Infection in Immune Suppressed Hosts
- Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy
- Acute Infections of the Central Nervous System in Immunocompetent Persons
- Chronic Meningitis
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- Treatment of Varicella-Zoster Virus and Postherpetic Neuralgia
Bones and Joints
- Vertebral Osteomyelitis
- Infections of Prosthetic Joints
- Fever and Joint Pain
Skin and Soft Tissue
- Lyme Disease-A Diagnostic Challenge
- Cellulitis and Other Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections
- Parvovirus Infections
Bacteremia
- Gram-Negative Bacterium and Sepsis Cascade
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
- Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Fever
- The Febrile Patient without an Obvious Source of Infection
- Fever and Prosthetic Heart Valves
- Prolonged Fever and Generalized Lymphadenopathy
- Fever and Skin Rash
- Fever and the Renal Transplant Recipient
- Fever Following Travel Abroad
- Hyperpyrexia and Hyperthermia
- Fever in the Granulocytopenic Patient
- Fever of Unknown Origin
Immunity
Nosocomial Infections
- Postoperative Fever
- Urinary Catheter-Related Infections
- Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia
- Management of the Employee with a Needlestick Injury
Zoonoses
- Human Infections after Animal Bites
Newly Appreciated Infections
- West Nile Virus
- Bioterrorism
Prophylaxis of Infection in Travelers
- Prophylaxis of Infectious Diseases in Travelers
Tuberculosis
- Role of the Tuberculin Skin Test
- Isoniazid Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection-Indications and Management
- Treatment of Tuberculosis
Selected Laboratory Procedures
- Laboratory Report of a Gram-Negative Rod in the Blood
- Blood Culture Growing a Gram-Positive Rod
- Stool for Ova and Parasites
Antimicrobial, Antiviral, Antiparasitic, Antifungal Agents
- Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
- Choosing a Fluoroquinolone
- Antimicrobial-Associated Colitis
- Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
- Antifungal Chemotherapy
- Antibiotic Failure
- Treatment and Prevention of Influenza
Aids
- Transmission and Prevention of HIV Infection
- Primary HIV Infection
- Treatment of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in AIDS
- HIV-I and Infections of the Central Nervous System
- Fever in the HIV-Infected Patient
- Prevention of Opportunistic Infection in the HIV-Infected Patient
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Drug Interactions in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Role of HIV Resistance Testing
Index
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