Antimicrobial Therapy and Vaccines: Empiric    

   

 

Table of Contents

 

Available Chapters

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

   - Bacteremia

     1. Antibiotic Therapy for Positive Blood Cultures

     2. Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections

   - Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Allergy

   - 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

   - Ocular Infections

   - Orofacial Infections

   - Osteomyelitis

   - Parotitis

   - Pharyngitis

   - Pleural Effusions

   - Pneumonia

      1. Pneumonia - Hospital-Acquired

      2. Pneumonia - Community-Acquired

   - Prostatitis

   - Prosthetic Joint Infections

   - Recurrent Infections

   - 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 Syndrome

   - Thrombocytopenia

   - Thrombocytosis

   - Urethritis

   - Urinary Tract Infections

     1. UTI-Uncomplicated Adult

     2. UTI-Children

     3. UTI-Complicated

     4. UTI-Catheter Associated

   - Vaccines

 

 

 

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Editors:

  

Victor L. Yu,  

 

Steven D. Burdette