Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Infections

by Gillespie, Stephen H.

• ISBN13: 9781588292308
• ISBN10: 1588292304
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

A comprehensive and cutting-edge review of how practicing physicians can best treat multiple drug resistance in bacterial, viral, protozoal, and helminthic infections. The authors focus on the major hospital and community-acquired pathogens, including S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, Enterococcus, Acinetobacter, and M. tuberculosis, and on the management of such common problems as multiple drug-resistant urinary tract infections and gonorrhea. Among the resistant tropical organisms covered are Salmonella typhi, malaria, and Burkholderia pseudomalei. Resistance to such important antiviral classes as antiretrovirals and anticytomegalovirals is also discussed, as are those measures necessary to prevent the spread of infections patients.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	xi
Part I: Gram-Positive Bacteria
Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae	3	(28)
Eric L. Nuermberger
William R. Bishai
Management of Meningitis Caused by Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae	31	(18)
P. Fernandez Viladrich
Emerging Resistance to Vancomycin, Rifampin, and Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae	49	(30)
Joseph M. Blondeau
Management of Glycopeptide-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections	79	(12)
A. Peter R. Wilson
Infections Caused by Glycopeptide-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria Excluding Staphylococci	91	(10)
Armine Sefton
Isolation Policies and the Hospital Management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Case of Evidence-Free Medicine?	101	(16)
Sheldon P. Stone
Part II: Gram-Negative Pathogens
The Management of Resistant Acinetobacter Infections in the Intensive Therapy Unit	117	(24)
Nicola Baker
Peter Hawkey
Drug-Resistant Helicobacter pylori	141	(18)
Peter J. Jenks
The Management of Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae	159	(14)
Catherine A. Ison
Jonathan Ross
Management of Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Multiresistant Organisms	173	(16)
Jeremy M. T. Hamilton-Miller
Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Salmonella Infections	189	(20)
Christopher M. Parry
Management of Melioidosis	209	(16)
Andrew J. H. Simpson
Part III: Mycobacteria
The Molecular Epidemiology of MDR-TB	225	(18)
Paul D. van Helden
Robin M. Warren
Pieter Uys
Gian D. van der Spuy
Thomas C. Victor
The Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis	243	(14)
Sanjay Bhagani
Marc Lipman
Management of Infection With Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria	257	(14)
Stephen H. Gillespie
Part IV: Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Management of Resistant Candida Infections	271	(26)
Sanya Clements
Christopher C. Kibbler
Management of Infection With Naturally Amphotericin B-Resistant Fungi	297	(22)
Thean Yen Tan
Rosemary A. Barnes
Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant Malaria	319	(22)
Elizabeth Ashley
Francois Nosten
Schistosome Drug Resistance: Praziquantel	341	(14)
Michael J. Doenhoff
Katherine Wheatcroft-Francklow
Part V: Viral Infections
Management of HIV Drug-Resistant Infections	355	(24)
Deenan Pillay
Multidrug Resistance in Human Cytomegalovirus	379	(14)
Vincent C. Emery
Mohammad Raza Naqvee
Anuradha Chawla
Index	393