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CRC Press
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This text gathers information concerning the diagnosis and management of adult patients with infections in the outpatient setting. It includes tables, algorithms, pictures and diagrams to clarify and consolidate crucial points. Each chapter features key points boxes that summarize important topics and help direct providers to critical information.
Introduction: infectious disease emergencies - recognition and initial management, Robert E. Levitz; commonly used oral antibiotics, Thomas D. Lamarre, William Maher, and Robert Fass; pharmacokinetics and dynamics, John W. Ahern; the clinician andthe microbiology laboratory, Daniel J. Diekema; outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy, Donald M. Poretz. Fever and: fever and rash, Mary Beth Ramundo; non-infectious and cryptic fevers, Brad E. Robinson and Christopher J. Grace; blood cultures, CherylA. Smith. Clinical syndromes: Respiratory tract; upper respiratory tract infections, Kemper Alston and Kristen I. Fahrner; infections of the oral cavity, H. Charles Hill, Susan M. Hill, and Thomas W. Connolly; pneumonia and bronchitis, John G. Bartlettand Christopher J. Grace; tuberculosis, C. Fordham von Reyn; common cold and influenza, Sherif B. Mossad; genito-urinary tract; urinary tract infections, Kevin Diekhaus; gyneacologic infections, Rebecca A. Clark; male urogenital syndromes, Craig S.Conover and Mark Potter; cardiac; endocarditis, JoAnn Tufariello and Frank Lowey; skin and soft tissue; bacterial infections of the skin, Jeffrey Parsonnet; non-bacterial infections of the skin, Anita L. Licata; ocular infections, Martin Mayers, EsseneBell, and Michael Miller; Gastrointestinal; infectious diarrhoea, Beth D. Kirkpatrick; hepatitis, Jayant A. Talwalkar and Michael R. Charlton; intra-abdominal infections, Neil H. Hyman and Christopher Grace; human immunodeficiency virus; the patient withHIV infection - recognition, testing and initial assessment, Ken H. Mayer and Dan Cohen; evaluation of the symptomatic HIV infected patient, Janine R. Maenza; bone and joint; septic arthritis and bursitis, Ellis H. Tobin and Eric Brescher; osteomyelitis,Keith Collins; diabetic foot infections, Christopher Grace and Michael Ricci; geographic exposure; tick-borne infections, Robert Smith; endemic fungal and viral infections, Harold M. Henderson; common manifestations of parasitic infections, Sampath Kumarand Gordon M. Trenholme. Infections in special hosts: the pregnant patient, Mary-Margaret Andrews; the immune compromised patient, Robert W. Lyons; infections in the injection drug user, Audrey L. French; infections in the dialysis patient, MichaelBerkoben; infections in the patient with animal contact, Anthony L. Esposito and George Abraham; the patient with fatigue, Irving E. Salit; the patient with Epstein Barr virus infection and infectious mononucleosis-like illnesses, Irving E. Salit;evaluation of the international traveller, Beth D. Kirkpatrick; the patient living in a nursing home, Henry S. Sacks. Health maintenance: post-exposure prophylaxis, Judith L. Steinberg; adult immunizations, W. Kemper Alston; bioterrorism, ChristopherGrace.
Biography
Christopher Grace, University of Vermont.
