Empiric Table of Contents

I. Fever

  • Empiricism-Philosophy and Practice
  • Fever
  • Fever and Abdominal Pain
  • Fever and Arthritis
  • Fever and Back Pain
  • Fever in the Burn Patient
  • Fever in the Cancer Patient
  • Fever and Chest Pain
  • Fever in the Geriatric Patient
  • Fever in Hemodialysis
  • Fever and HIV
  • Fever without Localizing Signs and Symptoms
  • Fever in the Neutropenic Host
  • Fever in Organ Transplant Recipients
  • Fever in the Postoperative Patient
  • Fever in Pregnancy
  • Fever and Rash
  • Fever, Rash and Arthritis
  • Fever in the Returned Traveler
  • Fever in a Splenectomized Patient

II. Symptoms and Syndromes

  • Antibiotic Therapy for Positive Blood Cultures
  • Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Allergy
  • Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
  • Cellulitis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Cough
  • Diarrhea
  • Diabetic Foot Infections
  • Endocarditis
  • Genital Ulcer Disease
  • Granulomatous Diseases
  • Headache
  • Hemoptysis
  • Immunizations
  • Infections Associated with Anti Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)
  • Medications
  • Lemierre Syndrome
  • Leukocytosis and Leukopenia
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Meningitis
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Orofacial Infections
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Parotitis
  • Pharyngitis
  • Pleural Effusions
  • Pneumonia
    1. Pneumonia - Hospital-Acquired
    2. Pneumonia - Community-Acquired
  • Prostatitis
  • Prosthetic Joint Infections
  • Recurrent Infections
  • Red Eyes
  • Sepsis
    1. Sepsis - D Sweeney and H Masur
    2. Sepsis in the Antibiotic Conditioned Patient - S Deresinski
    3. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  • Septic Arthritis
  • Sinusitis
    1. Sinusitis-Acute
    2. Sinusitis-Chronic
  • Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
    1. Cellulitis
    2. Diabetic Foot Infections
    3. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Urethritis
  • Urinary Tract Infections
    1. UTI-Uncomplicated Adult
    2. UTI-Children
    3. UTI-Complicated
    4. UTI-Catheter Associated
  • Vaccines