Emerging Issues and Controversies in Infectious Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fong, I. W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

This new volume of the "Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century" series is an up to date, state-of-the-art review on several important infections challenging clinicians, from the general practitioner to the various subspecialists that deals with infections. Topics were chosen to a...

Table of Contents:

• Bacterial and Fungal Infections
• Issues in Central Nervous System Infections
• Emerging Issues in Head and Neck Infections
• Emerging Trends in Pulmonary Infection
• Current Issues in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
• Emerging Issues in Pulmonary Infections of Cystic Fibrosis
• Re-Emergence of Childhood Respiratory Infections in Adults (RSV & Pertussis)
• Re-Emergence of Childhood Respiratory Infections in Adults (RSV&Pertussis)
• New Concepts and Trends
• New Concepts and Emerging Issues in Sepsis
• Febrile Neutropenia: Management Issues
• Emerging Issues and Trends In Clostridium Difficile Colitis
• Probiotics in Infectious Diseases
• Device-Related Infections
• Current Concepts of Orthopedic Implants and Prosthetic Joint Infections
• Combination Antimicrobial Therapies
• Erratum.