Manual of clinical problems in infectious disease /

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Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Philadephia : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, c2006.
Description:xvi, 576 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5791212
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Other authors / contributors:Gantz, Nelson Murray, 1941-
ISBN:0781759293 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • I.. Upper Respiratory Tract
  • 1.. Tonsillopharyngitis in Adults
  • 2.. Sinusitis
  • 3.. Infectious Mononucleosis: Many Faces of a Common Disease
  • II.. Lower Respiratory Tract
  • 4.. Acute Bronchitis
  • 5.. Antibiotic-resistant Pneumococci
  • 6.. Fever and Pleural Effusions
  • 7.. Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit
  • 8.. Community-acquired Pneumonia in the Geriatric Patient
  • 9.. Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila and Chlamydia pneumoniae
  • III.. Cardiovascular System
  • 10.. Infective Endocarditis: Diagnostic Criteria
  • 11.. Culture-negative Endocarditis
  • 12.. Surgery in Active Infective Endocarditis
  • 13.. Endocarditis Prophylaxis
  • IV.. Gastrointestinal System
  • 14.. Filling Defects of the Liver
  • 15.. Granulomatous Hepatitis
  • 16.. Community-acquired Peritonitis
  • 17.. Infections of the Hepatobiliary Tract
  • V.. Urinary Tract
  • 18.. Urinary Tract Infections: Basic Principles of Therapy
  • 19.. Cystitis Versus Pyelonephritis: Localizing Urinary Tract Infections
  • 20.. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
  • 21.. The Significance of Pyuria
  • 22.. Prostatitis
  • 23.. Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
  • 24.. Candiduria
  • VI.. Genital Tract
  • 25.. Urethral Discharge
  • 26.. Serologic Tests for Syphilis
  • 27.. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
  • 28.. Therapy of Genital Herpes
  • 29.. Vaginitis
  • VII.. Nervous System
  • 30.. Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • 31.. Central Nervous System Infections in the Compromised Host
  • 32.. New Onset of Facial Paralysis
  • 33.. Acute Infections of the Central Nervous System
  • 34.. Chronic Meningitis
  • 35.. Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • VIII.. Bones and Joints
  • 36.. Vertebral Osteomyelitis
  • 37.. Infections of Prosthetic Joints
  • 38.. Fever and Joint Pain
  • IX.. Skin and Soft Tissue
  • 39.. Infectious Disease Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
  • 40.. Lyme Disease--A Diagnostic Challenge
  • 41.. Cellulitis and Other Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections
  • X.. Bacteremia
  • 42.. Gram-negative Bacteremia and the Sepsis Cascade
  • 43.. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • 44.. Coagulase-negative Staphylococci
  • 45.. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
  • XI.. FEVER
  • 46.. The Febrile Patient without an Obvious Source of Infection
  • 47.. Fever and Prosthetic Heart Valves
  • 48.. Prolonged Fever and Generalized Lymphadenopathy
  • 49.. Fever and Skin Rash
  • 50.. Fever and the Renal Transplant Recipient
  • 51.. Fever Following Travel Abroad
  • 52.. Hyperpyrexia and Hyperthermia
  • 53.. Fever in the Granulocytopenic Patient
  • 54.. Fever of Unknown Origin
  • 55.. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • XII.. Immunity
  • 56.. Management of the Patient with Suspected [beta]-Lactam Allergy
  • XIII.. Nosocomial Infections
  • 57.. Postoperative Fever
  • 58.. Urinary Catheter-related Infections
  • 59.. Hospital-acquired (Nosocomial) Pneumonia
  • 60.. Management of the Employee with a Needlestick Injury
  • 61.. Hepatitis C
  • XIV.. Zoonoses
  • 62.. Human Infections Following Animal Bites
  • XV.. Newly Appreciated Infections
  • 63.. New and Increasingly Recognized Pathogens
  • XVI.. Prophylaxis of Infection in Travelers
  • 64.. Prophylaxis of Infectious Diseases in Travelers
  • XVII.. Tuberculosis
  • 65.. Role of the Tuberculin Skin Test
  • 66.. Isoniazid Chemoprophylaxis: Indications and Management
  • 67.. Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis
  • XVIII.. Selected Laboratory Procedures
  • 68.. Laboratory Report of a Gram-negative Rod in the Blood
  • 69.. Blood Culture Growing a Gram-positive Rod
  • 70.. Stool for Ova and Parasites
  • 71.. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests
  • 72.. Special Tests of Antimicrobial Activity in Infectious Diseases
  • XIX.. Antimicrobial, Antiviral, Antiparasitic, and Antifungal Agents
  • 73.. Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
  • 74.. Choosing a Cephalosporin
  • 75.. Single Daily Dosing of Aminoglycosides
  • 76.. Antimicrobial-associated Colitis
  • 77.. Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
  • 78.. Antifungal Chemotherapy
  • 79.. New Oral Antimicrobials
  • 80.. Antibiotic Failure
  • 81.. Who Really Needs Parenteral Antibiotics?
  • XX.. Aids
  • 82.. Acquisition and Transmission of HIV
  • 83.. Primary HIV Infection (HIV-Mononucleosis Syndrome)
  • 84.. Treatment of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in AIDS
  • 85.. Tuberculosis and Syphilis in the AIDS Era
  • 86.. HIV-1 and Infections of the Central Nervous System
  • 87.. Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection
  • 88.. Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin in the HIV-infected Patient
  • 89.. Prevention of Opportunistic Infection in the HIV-infected Patient
  • 90.. Antiretroviral Therapy
  • 91.. Drug Interactions in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Subject Index