Infectious diseases in critical care medicine /
Cunha, Burke A.
New York : Informa Healthcare,
c2007.
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.
Nosocomial infections.
Critical care medicine.
Intensive care units.