Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Wright, William F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 covering 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 basics of clinical reasoning, antimicrobial agents and microbiology, and antimicrobial stewardship. Individual chapters devoted to the broad range of infectious diseases and topics 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, infectious diseases approach to sepsis, travel medicine, and basics of 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:

• Includes a new bonus chapter that addresses severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• 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
• 6 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

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, D ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826127822
• Artikelnr.: 52532904

Inhaltsangabe

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