Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

ix

 

Preface

xi

 

Acknowledgments

xiii

1

Anti-Infective Therapy

1

2

The Sepsis Syndrome

57

3

The Febrile Patient

66

4

Pulmonary Infections

79

5

Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Infections

120

6

Central Nervous System Infections

139

7

Cardiovascular Infections

167

8

Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiltary Infections

190

9

Genitourinary Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

231

10

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

256

11

Osteomyelitis, Prosthetic Joint Infections, Diabetic Foot Infections, and Septic Arthritis

273

12

Parasitic Infections

288

13

Zoonotic Infections

322

14

Bioterrorism

349

15

Serious Viral Illnesses in the Adult Patient

365

16

Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

384

17

HIV Infection

396

 

Index

434