Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases

Description

Diagnosis and management of infectious disease are among the most common and challenging aspects of emergency practice. Ranging from surgical treatment of a minor skin abscess to recognition of a rare tropical disease in a returning traveler to rapid resuscitation of a patient in septic shock, these problems will be familiar to every practicing acute care provider. Written by both infectious disease experts and practicing emergency physicians, this book is designed specifically for the acute care provider. It covers the most important pathogens and the most common clinical syndromes, organized by system and by special patient populations. The book features a comprehensive narrative, as well as high-yield tables covering key points on diagnosis and treatment. High quality color photographs assist with visual diagnosis. This book provides an invaluable resource for every practicing clinician who confronts the spectrum of infectious disease in the acute care setting. Contents Preface Contributors 1 Infective Endocarditis 2 Pericarditis and Myocarditis 3 Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections 4 Altered Mental Status in HIV-Infected Patients 5 Botulism 6 Fever and Focal Cerebral Dysfunction 7 Infections Affecting the Spinal Cord 8 Meningitis 9 Rabies 10 Tetanus 11 West Nile Encephalitis Virus 12 Bacterial Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections 13 Ectoparasites 14 Fever and Rash in Adults 15 Otitis Externa 16 Otitis Media 17 Sinusitis 18 Supraglottitis (Epiglottis) 19 Parotitis 20 Pharyngitis and Peritonsillar Abscess 21 Deep Neck Space Infections 22 Dental and Odontogenic Infections 23 Infectious Biliary Diseases - Cholecystitis and Cholangitis 24 Viral Hepatitis 25 Peritonitis 26 Acute Infectious Diarrhea 27 Diarrhea in HIV-Infected Patients 28 Clostridium Difficile Infection 29 Male Genitourinary Infections 30 Non-Ulcerative Sexually Transmitted Diseases 31 Ulcerative Sexually Transmitted Diseases 32 Vulvovaginitis 33 Adult Septic Arthritis 34 Diabetic Foot Infections 35 Hand Infections - Fight Bite, Purulent Tenosynovitis, Felon, and Paronychia 36 Open Fractures 37 Osteomyelitis 38 Plantar Puncture Wounds 39 Prosthetic Joint Infections 40 Spine Infections 41 Conjunctival and Corneal Infections 42 Periocular Infections 43 Infections of the Uvea, Vitreous, and Retina 44 Community-Acquired Pneumonia 45 HIV-Associated Respiratory Infections 46 Influenza 47 Tuberculosis 48 Lower Urinary Tract Infection in Adults 49 Pyelonephritis in Adults 50 Fever in the Newborn 51 The Febrile Child 52 Fever and Rash in the Pediatric Population 53 Pediatric Orthopedic Infections 54 Pediatric Respiratory Infections 55 Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections 56 Bites (Dogs, Cats, Rodents, Lagomorphs) 57 Blood or Body Fluid Exposure Management and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Hepatitis B and HIV 58 Fever in Pregnancy 59 Postpartum and Post-Abortion Infections 60 Fever in the Returning Traveler 61 Infectious Complications of Injection Drug Use 62 Infections in Oncology Patients 63 Post-Operative Infections 64 The Febrile Post-Transplant Patient 65 Sepsis 66 Infections in Sickle Cell Disease 67 Anthrax 68 Plague 69 Smallpox 70 Tularemia 71 Hantavirus 72 Ebola Virus Disease 73 Zika Virus 74 Zoonotic Influenza (Novel Influenza A, including Avian and Swine Influenza A Virus Infections) 75 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) 76 Enterococci 77 Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase 78 Antimicrobial Overview Index