Written by an international team of authors specializing in microbiology and infectious disease, this new edition of Evidenced-based Infectious Diseases presents practical, up-to-date information on the care of individual patients suffering from infectious diseases. Each chapter addresses a series of focused clinical questions addressed in a systematic fashion, including a comprehensive literature search, and a rating of the quality of evidence using principles of the GRADE framework. Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases is the ideal reference work for all those involved with microbiology, infectious diseases, and clinical management.…mehr
Written by an international team of authors specializing in microbiology and infectious disease, this new edition of Evidenced-based Infectious Diseases presents practical, up-to-date information on the care of individual patients suffering from infectious diseases. Each chapter addresses a series of focused clinical questions addressed in a systematic fashion, including a comprehensive literature search, and a rating of the quality of evidence using principles of the GRADE framework. Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases is the ideal reference work for all those involved with microbiology, infectious diseases, and clinical management.
Edited by Dr. Dominik Mertz, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, McMaster University and Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Dr. Fiona Smaill, Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University and Medical Microbiologist, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Dr. Nick Daneman, Clinician-Scientist, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
1 Introduction to Evidence-based Infectious Diseases 1 Dominik Mertz, Nick Daneman, and Fiona Smaill
Part 1 Specific Diseases 11
2 Skin and Soft-tissue Infections 13 Douglas Austgarden and Guilio DiDiodato
3 Bone and Joint Infections 23 Nora Renz and Andrej Trampuz
4 Infective Endocarditis 37 Bahareh Ghadaki and Deborah Yamamura
5 Meningitis and Encephalitis 53 Christopher E. Kandel and Wayne L. Gold
6 Community-acquired Pneumonia 73 Mark Downing and Jennie Johnstone
7 Healthcare-associated Pneumonia 81 Jennie Johnstone and Mark Downing
8 Tuberculosis 87 Peter Daley and Marek Smieja
9 Clostridium Difficile Infection in Adults 99 Louis Valiquette
10 Urinary Tract Infections 107 Thomas Fekete
11 Sexually Transmitted Infections 127 Courtney A. Thompson, Darrell H. S. Tan, and Kaede Sullivan
12 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 149 Ali Amini, Monique Andersson, Ravindra Gupta, and Brian Angus
13 Hepatitis 181 Lise Bondy and Michael S. Silverman
14 Influenza 193 Ashley Roberts and Joanne M. Langley
15 Critical Care 201 Bram Rochwerg and Jocelyn A. Srigley
Part 2 Special Populations 215
16 Infection Prevention and Control 217 Graham M. Snyder and Eli N. Perencevich
17 Antimicrobial Stewardship 235 Alainna J. Jamal and Andrew M. Morris
18 Infections in Neutropenic Hosts 251 Eric J. Bow
19 Infections in General Surgery 269 Paul A. Moroz and Christine H. Lee
20 Infections in Healthcare Workers 279 Gregory W. Rose
