Foreword Henry Masur

ix

Preface to the First Edition

x

Preface to the Second Edition

xi

Preface to the Third Edition

xii

Contributors

xvii

PART I

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN CRITICAL CARE

1

Clinical Approach to Fever in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

1

2

Fever and Rash in Critical Care   Lee S. Engel, Charles V. Sanders, and Fred A. Lopez

19

3

Physical Exam Clues to Infectious Diseases and their Mimics in Critical Care   Yehia Y. Mishriki

49

4

Ophthalmologic Clues to Infectious Diseases and their Mimics in Critical Care   Cheston B. Cunha, Michael J. Wilkinson, and David A. Quillen

66

5

Radiology of Infectious Diseases and their Mimics in Critical Care   Jocelyn A. Luongo, Orlando A. Ortiz, and Douglas S. Katz

76

6

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aurcusl Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Colonization and Infection in the Critical Care Unit   C. Glen Mayhall

102

PART II

CLINICAL SYNDROMES IN CRITICAL CARE

7

Clinical Approach to Sepsis and its Mimics in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

128

8

Meningitis and its Mimics in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha and Leon Smith

134

9

Encephalitis and its Mimics in Critical Care   John J. Halperin

153

10

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

164

11

Nosocomial Pneumonia in Critical Care   Emilio Bouza and Almudena Burillo

178

12

Intravenous Central Line Infections in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

208

13

Infective Endocarditis and its Mimics in Critical Care   John L. Brusch

218

14

Intra-Abdominal Surgical Infections and their Mimics in Critical Care   Samuel E. Wilson

260

15

Clostridium Difficile Infection in Critical Care   Karin I. Hjalmarson and Sherwood L. Gorbach

271

16

Urosepsis in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

288

17

Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Critical Care   Mamta Sharma and Louis D. Saravolatz

295

PART III

DIFFICULT DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE

18

Tropical Infections in Critical Care   MAJ Robert Wood-Morris, LTC Michael Zapor, David R. Tribble, and Kenneth F. Wagner

322

19

Infections in Cirrhosis in Critical Care   Laurel C. Preheim

341

20

Severe Infections in Asplenic Patients in Critical Care   Mohammed S. Ahmed and Nancy Khardori

350

21

Infections in Burns in Critical Care   Steven E. Wolf, Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., and Seung H. Kim

359

22

Infections Related to Steroids in Immunosuppressive/Immunomodulating Agents in Critical Care   Lesley Ann Saketkoo and Luis R. Espinoza

376

23

Infections in Organ Transplants in Critical Care   Patricia Munoz, Almudena Burillo, and Emilia Bouza

387

24

Miliary Tuberculosis in Critical Care   Helmut Albrecht

420

25

Bioterrorism Infections in Critical Care   Dennis J. Cleri, Anthony J. Ricketti, and John R. Vernaleo

432

PART IV

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY

26

Selection of Antibiotics in Critical Care   Divya Ahuja, Benjamin B. Britt, and Charles S. Bryan

487

27

Antimicrobial Therapy of VRE and MRSA in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

497

28

Antibiotic Therapy of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

512

29

Antibiotic Kinetics in the Febrile Multiple-System Trauma Patient in Critical Care   Donald E. Fry

521

30

Antibiotic Therapy in the Penicillin Allergic Patient in Critical Care   Burke A. Cunha

536

31

Adverse Reactions to Antibiotics in Critical Care   Eric V. Granowitz and Richard B. Brown

542

Index

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