Wright William F. (ed.) Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases

2nd edition. — Demos Medical Publishing, 2018. — 488 p.Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Second Edition begins with a general framework covering clinical reasoning, antimicrobial agents and microbiology, and antimicrobial stewardship. Individual chapters devoted to the broad range of infectious diseases are organized by body system and feature targeted presentation of pathogenesis and risk factors, microbial causes, clinical manifestations, patient work-up, diagnostic criteria, and medical, antimicrobial, and surgical management. The book also addresses important related topics including fever and neutropenia, approach to evaluating ectoparasite-related infections, sepsis and travel medicine, infection control, and hospital epidemiology. Designed for busy practitioners at any level looking to sharpen the clinical problem-solving skills required to provide the highest quality care to patients with infectious diseases.Introduction and Basics of Clinical Reasoning
Approach to Fever and Leukocytosis
Approach Bloodstream and Cardiovascular Infections
Approach to Pulmonary Infections
Approach to Gastrointestinal Infections
Approach to Hepatic Infections
Approach to Renal-Urinary Infections
Approach to Neurological Infections
Approach to Orthopedic-Related Infections
Approach to Skin and Soft-tissue Infections
Approach to Sexually Transmitted Infections
Approach to Infections related to Obstetrics and Gynecology
Approach to Eye Infections
Approach to Sepsis
Approach to Transplant-related Infections
Approach to Ectoparasite-related Infections
Infection Control and Epidemiology