Evidence-Based Infectious Diseases

This major text discusses evidence based practice in the principal infectious disease groups. The introduction covers the methodology of systematic reviews in the context of infectious disease, and this is followed by contributions from the leading world experts on the current evidence for best treatments. The book is accompanied by a searchable CDRom of the full text and itwill be kept up to date with regular updates of the evidence on its own free access website - www.evidbasedinfectiousdisease.com

Contents:
Introduction

Part 1: Specific diseases
Skin and soft-tissue infections
Bone and joint infections
Infective endocarditis
Meningitis and encephalitis
Management of community-acquired pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Diarrhoea
Urinary tract infections
Sexually transmitted infections
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Part 2: Special populations
Infection control
Infections in neutropenic hosts
Infections in general surgery
Infections in the thermally injured patient
Infections in healthcare workers