Problem Solving in Infection

Description:
A key title in the Problem Solving series. With challenging infectious diseases facing all doctors, this latest case study guide will prove to be an invaluable resource. Fifty clinical cases are authored by leading experts in infectious disease. General topics are covered including assessment, choosing the right antibiotic and drug resistance, as well as presenting cases of infection by organ system. Finally, the book covers special patient groups, discussing – amongst others – community acquired infection, the immunocompromised patient and those in critical care. Each clinical case includes learning points, provide background information and discuss recent developments for each area. The best strategies for management are presented for each case creating a rich resource of essential information for all physicians who deal with infectious disease

Benefits:
- Addresses common infections by organ system - Discusses occurrence of infection in special patient groups - Excellent training resource and up-to-date referencing to present recent developments in diagnosis and management

Edited by:
SJ Dancer, Department of Microbiology, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK. A Seaton, Brownlee Centre, Garnavel Hospital, Glasgow, UK.

Readership:
Infection specialists ? General physicians ? Clinical microbiologists ? Public health officials ? All doctors who need to keep up to date on co-morbid infectious disease

CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Part I: Principles

The patient with sepsis
1. Assessment of the patient with sepsis
2. Assessing sepsis in the elderly
3. Health care associated sepsis

Choosing the right antibiotic
4. Infective exacerbation of COPD with MRSA in sputum; interpretation and antibiotic treatment decisions
5. Broad vs narrow spectrum (IV vs oral)
6. Aminoglycoside monitoring
7. Clinically important antibiotic drug interactions

Part II: Systems-based infection

Skin and skin structure infections
8. Cellulitis; IV vs oral, home vs hospital, IV oral switch
9. Wound discharge and fever
10. Animal bite

Respiratory tract infections
11. Severe CAP
12. PTB; complicated, drug resistance, hepatotoxicity
13. Extensive drug resistant TB
14. Q fever
15. PCP

Genitourinary infection
16. Pyelonephritis
17. Proctitis; focus on LGV
18. Lower UTI and catheters

Cardiovascular infections
19. Vascular graft infection
20. Right sided endocarditis in drug user
21. Device-related CV infection

CNS infection
22. Pneumococcal meningitis
23. Meningococcal infection
24. HSV encephalitis
25. Fever and VP shunt
26. Brain abscess

Bone and joint infection
27. Polymicrobial infected diabetic foot ulcer
28. Spinal infections / VOM
29. Prosthetic joint infections

Gastrointestinal infection
30. Intra-abdominal sepsis
31. Recurrent CDAD
32. Liver abscess

Part III: Infections in special patient groups

Infections in critical care
33. Ventilator-associated infections
34. ICU sepsis in MOF
35. Candida-associated catheter infection

Immunocompromised patient
36. Invasive aspergillosis
37. Neutropenic sepsis
38. Catheter-related blood stream infection
39. Crypto in HIV

Drug use and complications
40. Jaundice in a drug user
41. Rapidly progressive soft tissue infection
42. Needle stick injury; HIV PEP

Pregnancy
43. HIV/Syphilis in pregnancy
44. GBS infection in pregnancy

Community acquired infection
45. Bloody diarrhoea (E Coli 0157)
46. Leptospirosis
47. Lemierre's disease
48. CAMRSA
49. HIV seroconversion

The returning traveller
50. African fever; assessment and Mx of severe malaria
51. Meliodosis
52. Acute febrile respiratory illness
53. Legionella

General index