Reese and Betts' A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases

by Betts, Robert F.; Chapman, Stanley W.; Penn, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780781732819
• ISBN10: 0781732816
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-05
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition, this handbook is a practical, easily accessible, and authoritative guide to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Leading experts present realistic clinical approaches to infectious disease problems seen in hospital and outpatient settings and offer up-to-the-minute advice on antimicrobial use--including specific recommendations on dosages, routes of administration, and duration of therapy. Chapters are written in a user-friendly outline format that is ideal for quick reference. This edition includes complete information on new diseases, new antibiotics, and HIV antiviral agents.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	vii
Preface	xi
Fever and Fever of Unknown Etiology	1	(18)
Rayhan H. Hashmey
Norbert J. Roberts, Jr.
Sepsis	19	(48)
Nancy J. Dorman
Neonatal Sepsis and Infections	67	(30)
George K. Siberry
Mark C. Steinhoff
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections	97	(30)
Fred A. Lopez
Charles V. Sanders
Bone and Joint Infections	127	(46)
Rathel L. Nolan
Stanley W. Chapman
Central Nervous System Infections	173	(49)
Allan R. Tunkel
W. Michael Scheld
Eye Infections	222	(29)
Marlene L. Durand
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections	251	(18)
Robert F. Betts
Infectious Mononucleosis and Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection	269	(9)
John W. Sixbey
Influenza and Infections of the Trachea, Bronchi, and Bronchioles	278	(17)
John J. Treanor
Caroline Breese Hall
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (Including Tuberculosis)	295	(77)
Robert L. Penn
Robert F. Betts
Cardiac Infections	372	(31)
Deborah E. Sentochnik
Adolf W. Karchmer
Gastrointestinal and Intraabdominal Infections	403	(74)
Paul S. Graman
Robert F. Betts
Hepatitis Viruses	477	(16)
James R. Burton, Jr.
Thomas A. Shaw-Stiffel
Genitourinary Tract Infections	493	(48)
Thomas T. Ward
Stephen R. Jones
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Obstetric and Gynecologic Infections	541	(47)
Eric R. Houpt
Michael F. Rein
Infections Due to Fungi, Actinomyces, and Nocardia	588	(61)
Harold M. Henderson
Stanley W. Chapman
Opportunistic Infections in HIV Disease	649	(70)
Jin S. Suh
Kent A. Sepkowitz
Antiretroviral Therapy: Therapeutic Agents, Dosing, Pharmacokinetics and Their Use	719	(63)
Amneris E. Luque
Susan E. Cohn
Geoffrey A. Weinberg
Peter R. Mariuz
Infections in Transplantation	782	(30)
Sally H. Houston
John T. Sinnott
Zoonoses (Including Lyme Disease)	812	(23)
Candace L. Mitchell
J. Thomas Cross, Jr.
Health Advice for International Travel	835	(40)
David R. Hill
Richard D. Pearson
Immunizations	875	(33)
Paul J. Edelson
Allergy to β-Lactams and Other Selected Antibiotics	908	(21)
Stephen F. Kemp
Richard D. deShazo
Microbiology Laboratory Tests	929	(28)
Paul S. Graman
Marilyn A. Menegus
Infectious Disease Aspects of Employee (Occupational) Health: A Brief Overview	957	(12)
Keith A. Rosenbach
Sally H. Houston
John T. Sinnott
JoAnn Palumbo Shea
Antibiotic Use	969	(190)
Richard E. Reese
Robert F. Betts
Principles of Antibiotic Use	969	(19)
Prophylactic Antibiotics	988	(10)
Penicillin	998	(7)
Penicillinase-resistant Penicillins	1005	(2)
Broad-spectrum Penicillins and β-Lactam-β-Lactamase Combinations	1007	(13)
The Cephalosporins	1020	(22)
Fluoroquinolones	1042	(14)
Unique β-Lactam Antibiotics: Monobactams and Carbapenems (Aztreonam, Imipenem, Meropenem, and Ertapenem)	1056	(9)
Aminoglycosides	1065	(12)
Clindamycin	1077	(4)
Chloramphenicol	1081	(3)
Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole	1084	(10)
Trimethoprim	1094	(3)
Macrolides: Erythromycin, Clarithromycin, and Azithromycin	1097	(15)
Tetracyclines	1112	(5)
Vancomycin, Quinupristin/Dalfopristin, and Linezolid	1117	(14)
Metronidazole	1131	(3)
Rifampin, Rifapentine, and Rifabutin	1134	(13)
Spectinomycin	1147	(1)
Urinary Antiseptics	1148	(11)
Subject Index	1159