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Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases

By William F. Wright

Book information

Publisher
Demos Medical
Year
2018
ISBN
9780826127273
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3050837 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
488\488
Time added
2018-04-01 06:56:43

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Praise for the previous edition: “Approaches near perfection…This is an excellent introduction to infectious diseases by a group of authors who take a straightforward and bullet-point approach to thinking and talking about clinical issues…”—Doody’s Reviews Updated second edition of the concise but comprehensive handbook of clinical infectious disease for students, residents, primary care medical providers, nurses, and PAs. Written in outline format with short, focused chapters, the book presents a systematic method for understanding basic mechanisms, establishing a diagnosis, and implementing appropriate treatment for commonly encountered problems. Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Second Edition begins with a general framework covering clinical reasoning, antimicrobial agents and microbiology, and antimicrobial stewardship. Individual chapters devoted to the broad range of infectious diseases are organized by body system and feature targeted presentation of pathogenesis and risk factors, microbial causes, clinical manifestations, patient work-up, diagnostic criteria, and medical, antimicrobial, and surgical management. The book also addresses important related topics including fever and neutropenia, approach to evaluating ectoparasite-related infections, sepsis and travel medicine, infection control, and hospital epidemiology. Designed for busy practitioners at any level looking to sharpen the clinical problem-solving skills required to provide the highest quality care to patients with infectious diseases. Key Features: Presents core clinical infectious disease topics in concise easy-to-read format Revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field consistent with evidence-based literature and current clinical practice guidelines Six new chapters on Lyme disease, anorectal infections, travel medicine, dental infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and clinical reasoning and statistics Focus on the approach to evaluation and management of the patient Incorporates essential antimicrobial therapy information with adult, pediatric, and OB-GYN dosing considerations CONTENTS Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Share Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Second Edition I. INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1. Introduction and Basics of Clinical Reasoning William F. Wright 2. Introduction to Antimicrobial Stewardship Susan L. DeBiase William F. Wright 3. Introduction to Antimicrobial Agents Emily L. Heil Neha U. Sheth William F. Wright 4. Introduction to Medical Microbiology Nicole M. Parrish Stefan Riedel II. APPROACH TO FEVER AND LEUKOCYTOSIS 5. Fever of Unknown Origin William F. Wright 6. Leukocytosis William F. Wright III. APPROACH TO BLOODSTREAM AND CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS 7. Infective Endocarditis Jennifer Husson William F. Wright 8. Infectious Myocarditis William F. Wright 9. Cardiovascular Implantable Prosthetic Device Infections William F. Wright 10. Infections Involving Intravascular Catheters and Suppurative Thrombophlebitis Eric Cox Kerri A. Thom IV. APPROACH TO PULMONARY INFECTIONS 11. Pneumonia Ulrike K. Buchwald Devang M. Patel 12. Empyema Gonzalo Luizaga Luciano Kapelusznik William F. Wright 13. Lung Abscess Adrian Majid Ulrike K. Buchwald Devang M. Patel 14. Tuberculosis David W. Keckich Ulrike K. Buchwald V. APPROACH TO GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS 15. Diverticulitis William F. Wright 16. Appendicitis William F. Wright 17. Pancreatic Infections William F. Wright 18. Infectious Peritonitis William F. Wright 19. Infectious Diarrhea William F. Wright 20. Clostridium difficile Colitis Ryan S. Arnold William F. Wright 21. Infectious Gastritis—Helicobacter pylori William F. Wright 22. Anorectal Abscess and Fistula-in-Ano William F. Wright VI. APPROACH TO HEPATOBILIARY INFECTIONS 23. Cholecystitis William F. Wright 24. Acute Cholangitis William F. Wright VII. APPROACH TO HEPATIC INFECTIONS 25. Hepatic Abscess William F. Wright 26. Hepatitis A William F. Wright 27. Hepatitis B Luciano Kapelusznik Rohit Talwani William F. Wright 28. Hepatitis C Rohit Talwani Luciano Kapelusznik William F. Wright VIII. APPROACH TO RENAL–URINARY INFECTIONS 29. Urinary Tract Infections Janaki C. Kuruppu William F. Wright 30. Pyelonephritis and Renal Abscess Jason Bailey Janaki C. Kuruppu William F. Wright 31. Catheter-Related Urinary Tract Infections Clare Rock Kerri A. Thom William F. Wright IX. APPROACH TO NEUROLOGICAL INFECTIONS 32. Meningitis and Ventriculitis William F. Wright 33. Infectious Encephalitis William F. Wright 34. Brain Abscess William F. Wright X. APPROACH TO ORTHOPEDIC-RELATED INFECTIONS 35. Osteomyelitis William F. Wright 36. Mandibular and Maxillary Osteomyelitis William F. Wright 37. Septic Arthritis William F. Wright 38. Periprosthetic Joint Infections William F. Wright XI. APPROACH TO SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS 39. Non-Necrotizing Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections William F. Wright 40. Necrotizing Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections William F. Wright 41. Diabetic Foot Infections William F. Wright XII. APPROACH TO SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS 42. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Eric Cox Leonard A. Sowah 43. HIV and AIDS Shivakumar Narayanan Guesly Delva Robert R. Redfield Bruce L. Gilliam XIII. APPROACH TO INFECTIONS RELATED TO OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 44. Obstetrics and Gynecology-Related Infections Jennifer Husson Leonard A. Sowah XIV. APPROACH TO EYE INFECTIONS 45. Infectious Keratitis Jason Bailey Anthony Amoroso William F. Wright 46. Endophthalmitis Adrian Majid Anthony Amoroso William F. Wright XV. APPROACH TO SEPSIS 47. Sepsis and Septic Shock John Vaz Devang M. Patel William F. Wright XVI. APPROACH TO TRANSPLANT-RELATED INFECTIONS 48. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Infections Michael Tablang David J. Riedel 49. Solid-Organ Transplant Infections Michael Tablang Charles E. Davis XVII. APPROACH TO ECTOPARASITE-RELATED INFECTIONS 50. Lyme Disease William F. Wright XVIII. INFECTION CONTROL AND EPIDEMIOLOGY 51. Travel Medicine Susan L. DeBiase William F. Wright 52. Basic Approach to Infection Control and Epidemiology Clare Rock Surbhi Leekha Index

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