The Second Edition is an invaluable compilation of clinical experience on the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases in critical and intensive care units. Emphasizing differential diagnostic approaches rather than therapy, this reference presents information required by clinicians as they evaluate patients with these conditions-providing au

Cunha, Burke A.

Auerbach Publishers, Incorporated

New York: Informa Healthcare

Chapman & Hall/CRC

Infectious disease and therapy -- 40, Infectious disease and therapy -- v. 40., 2nd ed., New York, New York State, 2007

Infectious disease and therapy, 2nd ed, Richmond, 2006

United States, United States of America

2 edition, September 15, 2006

2, 2006-09-15

Previous ed.: New York: M. Dekker, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

xix, 663 p. : 27 cm
Previous ed.: New York: M. Dekker, 1998
Includes bibliographical references and index
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus/vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization and infection in the critical care unit -- Outbreak investigation in the critical care unit -- Clinical approach to fever in the critical care unit -- Sepsis and its mimics in the critical care unit -- Meningitis and its mimics in the critical care unit -- Encephalitis and its mimics in the critical care unit -- Severe head and neck infections in the critical care unit -- Severe community-acquired pneumonia in the critical care unit -- Nosocomial pneumonia in the critical care unit -- Pleural empyema/lung abscess in the critical care unit -- Infective endocarditis and its mimics in the critical care unit -- Acute myocarditis and acute pericarditis in the critical care unit -- Central intravenous line infections in the critical care unit -- Intra-abdominal surgical infections and their mimics in the critical care unit -- Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and colitis in the critical care unit -- Severe skin and soft tissue infections in the critical care unit -- Infections in patients on steroids in the critical care unit -- Fever and rash in the critical care unit -- Tropical infections in the critical care unit -- HIV/AIDS in the critical care unit -- Infections in cirrhosis in the critical care unit -- Infections associated with diabetes in the critical care unit -- Infection in organ transplant patients in the critical care unit -- Infections in asplenics in the critical care unit -- Infections in burns -- Urosepsis in the critical care unit -- Infections related to bioterrorism -- Antibiotic dosing in hepatic/renal insufficiency -- Adverse reactions to antibiotics -- Antibiotic kinetics in the febrile multiple system trauma patient -- Antibiotic selection and control of resistance in the critical care unit -- Antimicrobial therapy in the penicillin-allergic patient in the critical care unit

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