Surgical infections
By: guest editor, John E. Mazuski ; consulting editor, Ronald F. Martin
Series: Surgical clinics of North America -- vol. 89, no. 2; Surgical clinics of North America -- vol. 89, no. 2.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
ISBN-13: 9781437705447
Subjects: Surgical Wound Infection; Infection Control; Surgical wound infections; Operative Surgical Procedures; Adverse effects; Infection
Notes: "April 2009."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Common microbial pathogens in surgical practice / Motaz Qadan and William G. Cheadle; title: The stressed host response to infections: the disruptive signals and rhythms of systemic inflammation / Stephen F. Lowry; title: Antimicrobial agents for surgical infections / Nilam P. Patel and Mark A. Malangoni; title: Adjunctive measures for treating surgical infections and sepsis / Matthew C. Byrnes and Greg J. Beilman; title: Prevention of surgical site infection / John P. Kirby and John E. Mazuski; title: Prosthetic infection: lessons from treatment of the infected vascular graft / Gabriel Herscu and Samuel Eric Wilson; title: Skin and soft tissue infections / Addison K. May; title: Intra-abdominal infections / John E. Mazuski and Joseph S. Solomkin; title: Hospital-acquired pneumonia: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment / Alicia N. Kieninger and Pamela A. Lipsett; title: Catheter-related bloodstream infection / Matthew R. Goede and Craig M. Coopersmith; title: Nosocomial urinary tract infection / Michael F. Ksycki and Nicholas Namias; title: Clostridium difficile colotis / Philip A. Eforn and John E. Mazuski; title: Preventing bacterial resistance in surgical patients / Heather L. Evans and Robert G. Sawyer; title: A systems approach to the prevention of surgical infections / Donald E. Fry; title: Future diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in surgical infections / Barbara Haas and Avery B. Nathens.