Tropical and Parasitic Infections in the Intensive Care Unit

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Feldman, Charles (Editor), Sarosi, George A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Perspective on Critical Care Infectious Diseases, 9
• Subjects: Medicine.; Parasitology.; Critical care medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

In the past, many tropical and parasitic infections were confined to tropical areas of the world located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. However, with the increase in air travel and tourism and the changing patterns of immigration, an increasing number of individuals are co...

Table of Contents:

• Severe Malaria
• Severe Malaria: North American Perspective
• Viruses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• Viral Infections in ICU Patients
• Tuberculosis in the Intensive Care Unit
• Tuberculosis in the Intensive Care Unit: The North American Perspective
• HIV in the ICU
• HIV and Associated Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: Perspectives from North America
• African Trypanosomiasis
• Parasitic Infections in the ICU
• Fungal infections in the ICU
• Endemic mycosis.