Consultations in Infectious Disease
A Case Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2012
389 pages
978-0-19-990910-0 (ISBN)
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This book of illustrative cases provides a cross-sectional view of the growing challenges that face the infectious diseases consultant.
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Daniel Caplivski | W. Michael Scheld
Consultations in Infectious Disease
A Case Based Approach to Diagnosis and Management
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05/2012
Oxford University Press Inc
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1. Meningitis
- Case 1a: A College Student with Altered Mental Status: Neisseria meningitidis Meninigitis
- Case 1b: Television Intolerance: Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis
- Case 1c: Gait Instability and Slurred Speech in an Immunosuppressed Patient: Cryptococcus neoformans Meningitis
- Case 1d: A 38-year-old Woman from Thailand with Pulmonary Infiltrates and Meningitis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Meningitis
- Case 1e: Fever and Confusion after Neurosurgery: Klebsiella pneumoniae Meningitis
- 2. Encephalitis and Myelopathy
- Case 2a: Recurrent Meningitis: Herpes simplex virus Meningoencephalitis
- Case 2b: Confusion and Fever in an Elderly Woman: Varicella zoster virus Encephalitis
- Case 2c: A 41-year-old Woodcutter with Progressively Worsening Mental Status: Acanthamoebã Encephalitis
- Case 2d: A Renal Transplant Recipient with Weakness and Gait Instability: Human T-lymphotropic virus-1 Myelopathy
- 3. Focal Central Nervous System Infections
- Case 3a: Ataxia, Dizziness, and Altered Mental Status in a Patient Previously Treated for Pneumonia: Streptococcus intermedius Brain Abscess
- Case 3b: A 55-Year-Old Man with Back Pain: Staphylococcus aureus Epidural Abscess
- Case 3c: A Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient with Back Pain and Weakness: Nocardia farcinica Epidural Abscess
- Case 3d: A Construction Worker with Headache and Visual Loss: Neurocysticercosis
- Case 3e: A 42-Year-Old Man with Progressive Cognitive Decline: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
- 4. Ophthalmologic Infections
- Case 4a: A 23-Year-Old Contact Lens Wearer with Eye Pain and Decreased Vision: Pseudomonas Keratitis
- Case 4b: A 46-Year-Old Man with a Painful Red Eye and a Rash: Treponema pallidum Uveitis
- Case 4c: Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in a Patient with AIDS: Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
- Case 4d: A 17-Year-Old Female with Peripheral Vision Loss: Streptococcus bovis Endophthalmitis
- Case 4e: Fever, Chills, and Unilateral Vision Loss in a 73-Year-Old Man: Streptococcus bovis Endophthalmitis
- Case 4f: Decreased Vision and a Painful, Red Eye in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and Prolonged Neutropenia: Aspergillus fumigatus Endophthalmitis
- Case 4g: Blurry Vision in a Patient with AIDS: Immune Reconstitution Uveitis
- 5. Oropharyngeal and Sinus Infections
- Case 5a: A 43-Year-Old Man with Neck Swelling and Stridor: Meenakshi Mehrotra Rana
- Case 5b: Sore Throat and Neck Swelling in a 48-Year-Old Man with AIDS :Streptococcus pyogenes
- Case 5c: Sore Throat and Shortness of Breath followed by Septic Shock in a Healthy 18-Year-Old Polo Player: Lemierre's Syndrome
- Case 5d: A Renal Transplant Recipient with Facial Pain and Swelling: Mucormycosis
- 6. Pulmonary Infections in Immunocompetent Hosts
- Case 6a: A 27-Year-Old Woman with a Fever, Cough, and Pleuritic Chest Pain: Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Case 6b: A 31-Year-Old Man with Skin Lesions Following a Respiratory Illness: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Case 6c: Persistent Cough in a Woman from Mexico: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Case 6d: Respiratory Distress in 2009: H1N1 Influenza
- Case 6e: Three Men with Severe Pneumonia after Entering a Mine: Histoplasma capsulatum
- 7. Pulmonary Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
- Case 7a: A 73-Year-Old Man with Nosocomial Pneumonia: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Case 7b: A 72-Year-Old Woman with Persistent Cough and Neutropenia: Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Case 7c: A 56-Year-Old Woman with Pulmonary Nodules: Aspergillus fumigatus
- Case 7d: A 47-Year-Old Woman from Thailand with Worsening Dyspnea: Pneumocystis jiroveci
- Case 7e: Severe Pneumonia from a Gram-Positive Bacillus: Nocardia asteroides
- Case 7f: Fever, Cough, and Shortness of Breath in an Immunocompromised Host Legionella pneumophila
- 8. Cardiac Infections
- Case 8a: A 36-Year-Old Man with Homonymous Hemianopsia: Streptococcus constellatus Endocarditis
- Case 8b: Shortness of Breath and Weight Loss in a Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Cardiobacterium hominis Endocarditis
- Case 8c: A 24-Year-Old Man from Botswana with Pleuritic Chest Pain:Tuberculous Pericarditis
- Case 8d: Skin Lesion in a Patient with Recent Heart Transplant: Chagas Disease
- 9. Gastrointestinal Infections
- Case 9a: Diffuse Colitis and Pseudomembranes: Clostridium difficile Colitis
- Case 9b: Abdominal Pain, Fever, and Weight Loss in a Patient with Crohn's Disease: Gemella morbillorum Liver Abscess
- Case 9c: Fevers and Chills after Travel to India: Typhoid Fever
- Case 9d: Enlarging Liver Cysts in a Woman from Uzbekistan: Hydatid Cysts from Echinococcus granulosus
- Case 9e: A-65 Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient with Abdominal Pain and Altered Mental Status: Strongyloides stercoralis
- Case 9f: A Liver Transplant Recipient with Fever and Abdominal Pain: Cytomegalovirus Colitis
- 10. Urinary Tract Infections
- Case 10a: Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococccus aureus (MSSA) Pyelonephritis: Staphylococcus aureus Pyelonephritis
- Case 10b: A 19-Year-Old Stem Cell Transplant Recipient with Hematuria: BK Virus Hemorrhagic Cystitis
- Case 10c: Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Case 10d: An 84-Year-Old Man in Septic Shock: Prostatic abscess Meenakshi Mehrotra Rana
- 11. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
- Case 11a: A 21-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Abscesses: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
- Case 11b: A 60-Year-Old Woman with Diabetes Mellitus and Severe Leg Pain: Streptococcus agalactiae Necrotizing Fasciitis
- Case 11c: Postoperative Dehiscence Following Gastric Banding Surgery: Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Case 11d: A 61-Year-Old Woman from Mexico with Cutaneous Ulcers: Sporothrix schencki
- Case 11e: Enlarging Skin Lesions in a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipient: Alternaria
- Case 11f: Orbital, Ear, and Skin Lesions in a Healthy Laboratory Research Assistant: Vaccinia Virus Infection
- Case 11g: A 46-Year-Old Man with Fevers, Rash, and Malaise: Acute Retroviral Syndrome: Acute Retroviral Syndrome
- 12. Bone and Joint Infections
- Case 12a: 51-Year-Old Woman with a Painless Foot Ulcer: Diabetic Foot Infections
- Case 12b: Non-Healing Skin Ulceration with an Associated Fistulous Tract: Tuberculous Osteomyelitis
- Case 12c: A Painful, Swollen Knee: Prosthetic Joint Infections
- Case 12d: A 68-Year-Old Woman with Fever and Multiple Inflamed Joints: Neisseria meningitidis
- 13. Vector-Borne Infections
- Case 13a: A Veterinarian with Multiple Skin Ulcers after Travel to Costa Rica: Leishmaniasis
- Case 13b: Fever in a Returned Traveler: Plasmodium vivax malaria
- Case 13c: A 51-Year-Old Woman with Fever, Rash, and an Eschar: Rickettsialpox
- Case 13d: A Call from the Hematology Lab: Babesiosis
- Case 13e: Altered Mental Status, Thrombocytopenia and Leukopenia in a Hiker: Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
- 14. Noninfectious Syndromes that Mimic Infections
- Case 14a: Prolonged Postpartum Fever: Septic Pelvic Thrombophlebitis
- Case 14b: Worsening Dyspnea and Pulmonary Infiltrates: Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia
- Case 14c: Fever, Hypotension, and Rash in an Immunocompromised Patient with Lymphoma: Graft versus Host Disease
- Case 14d: A Renal Transplant Recipient with a Mediastinal Mass: Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease
- Case 14e: A 23-Year-Old Man with Unexplained Fevers, Diffuse Pains, and Rash: Still's Disease
- Case 14f: A 45-Year-Old Man with Bullae and Vesicles: Vancomycin-associated Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis
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