Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

PART I: DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN CRITICAL CARE
Clinical Approach to Fever in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Fever and Rash in Critical Care, Lee S. Engel, Charles V. Sanders, and Fred A. Lopez
Physical Exam Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care, Yehia Y. Mishriki
Ophthalmologic Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care, Cheston B. Cunha, Michael J. Wilkinson, and David A. Quillen
Radiology of Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care, Jocelyn A. Luongo, Orlando A. Ortiz, and Douglas S. Katz
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Colonization and Infection in the Critical Care Unit, C. Glen Mayhall

PART II: CLINICAL SYNDROMES IN CRITICAL CARE
Clinical Approach to Sepsis and Its Mimics in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Meningitis and Its Mimics in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha and Leon Smith
Encephalitis and Its Mimics in Critical Care, John J. Halperin
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Nosocomial Pneumonia in Critical Care, Emilio Bouza and Almudena Burillo
Intravenous Central Line Infections in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Infective Endocarditis and Its Mimics in Critical Care, John L. Brusch
Intra-abdominal Surgical Infections and Their Mimics in Critical Care, Samuel E. Wilson
Clostridium difficile Infection in Critical Care, Karin I. Hjalmarson and Sherwood L. Gorbach
Urosepsis in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Critical Care, Mamta Sharma and Louis D. Saravolatz

PART III: DIFFICULT DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE
Tropical Infections in Critical Care, MAJ Robert Wood-Morris, LTC Michael Zapor, David R. Tribble, and Kenneth F. Wagner
Infections in Cirrhosis in Critical Care, Laurel C. Preheim
Severe Infections in Asplenic Patients in Critical Care, Mohammed S. Ahmed and Nancy Khardori
Infections in Burns in Critical Care, Steven E. Wolf, Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., and Seung H. Kim
Infections Related to Steroids in Immunosuppressive/Immunomodulating Agents in Critical Care, Lesley Ann Saketkoo and Luis R. Espinoza
Infections in Organ Transplants in Critical Care, Patricia Mun?oz, Almudena Burillo, and Emilio Bouza
Miliary Tuberculosis in Critical Care, Helmut Albrecht
Bioterrorism Infections in Critical Care, Dennis J. Cleri, Anthony J. Ricketti, and John R. Vernaleo

PART IV: ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
Selection of Antibiotics in Critical Care, Divya Ahuja, Benjamin B. Britt, and Charles S. Bryan
Antimicrobial Therapy of VRE and MRSA in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Antibiotic Therapy of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Antibiotic Kinetics in the Febrile Multiple-System Trauma Patient in Critical Care, Donald E. Fry
Antibiotic Therapy in the Penicillin Allergic Patient in Critical Care, Burke A. Cunha
Adverse Reactions to Antibiotics in Critical Care, Eric V. Granowitz and Richard B. Brown
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