Awards

• Commended for BMA Medical Book Competition: Public Health Category 2012
• Commended for BMA Medical Book Competition: Public Health Category 2012.

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Author:   S.J. Dancer ,  A. Seaton
Publisher:   Clinical Publishing,an imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Clinical Publishing,an imprint of Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781904392835

ISBN 10:   1904392830
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Principles The patient with sepsis 1. Assessment of the patient with sepsis 2. Assessing sepsis in the elderly 3. Health care associated sepsis Choosing the right antibiotic 4. Infective exacerbation of COPD with MRSA in sputum; interpretation and antibiotic treatment decisions 5. Broad vs narrow spectrum (IV vs oral) 6. Aminoglycoside monitoring 7. Clinically important antibiotic drug interactions Part II: Systems-based infection Skin and skin structure infections 8. Cellulitis; IV vs oral, home vs hospital, IV oral switch 9. Wound discharge and fever 10. Animal bite Respiratory tract infections 11. Severe CAP 12. PTB; complicated, drug resistance, hepatotoxicity 13. PCP Genitourinary infection 14. Pyelonephritis 15. Proctitis; focus on LGV 16. Lower UTI and catheters Cardiovascular infections 17. Vascular graft infection 18. Right sided endocarditis in drug user 19. Device-related CV infection CNS infection 20. Pneumococcal meningitis 21. HSV encephalitis 22. Fever and VP shunt 23. Brain abscess Bone and joint infection 24. Polymicrobial infected diabetic foot ulcer 25. Infected THR, CNS 26. VOM Gastrointestinal infection 27. Intra-abdominal sepsis 28. Recurrent CDAD 29. Liver abscess Part III: Infections in special patient groups Infections in critical care 30. Ventilator-associated infections 31. ICU sepsis in MOF 32. Candida-associated catheter infection Immunocompromised patient 33. Invasive aspergillosis 34. Neutropenic sepsis 35. Catheter-related blood stream infection 36. Crypto in HIV Drug use and complications 37. Jaundice in a drug user 38. Rapidly progressive soft tissue infection 39. Needle stick injury; HIV PEP Pregnancy 40. HIV/Syphilis in pregnancy 41. GBS infection in pregnancy 42. Rash in second trimester Community acquired infection 43. E Coli 0157 44. Q fever 45. CAMRSA 46. HIV seroconversion The returning traveller 47. African fever; assessment and Mx of severe malaria 48. Meliodosis 49. Flu/ SARS 50. Legionella General index

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