Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit

Essentials in Clinical Microbiology.- Glossary of Terms and Definitions.- Carriage.- Colonization and Infection.- Classification of Micro-Organisms According to Their Pathogenicity.- Classification of ICU Infections.- Gut Microbiology: Surveillance Samples for the Detection of the Abnormal Carrier State.- Antimicrobials.- Systemic Antibiotics.- Systemic Antifungals.- Enteral Antimicrobials.- Infection Control.- Evidence-Based Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit.- Device Policies.- Antibiotic Policies in the Intensive Care Unit.- Outbreaks of Infection in Intensive Care Units-Usefulness of Molecular Techniques for Outbreak Analysis.- Prevention of Infection Using Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract.- Infections on ICU.- Lower Airway Infection.- Bloodstream Infections Including Endocarditis and Meningitis.- Infections of the Peritoneum Including Pancreas, Mediastinum, Pleura, Wounds, and Urinary Tract.- Infection on the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units.-Immediate Adequate Antibiotics Control Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Pancreatitis, Extensive Burns, Trauma, Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or Liver Transplantation.- Intensive Care Unit Patients Following Transplantation.- Clinical Virology in NICU, PICU and Adult ICU.- AIDS Patients in the Intensive Care Unit.- Therapy of Infection.- Special Topics.- SIRS, Sepsis, and MODS.- SIRS/Sepsis: Metabolic and Nutritional Changes and Treatment.- Gut Mucosal Protection in the Critically Ill Patient. Towards an Integrated Clinical Strategy.- Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract: the Role of the Pharmacist.- Antimicrobial Resistance: a Prospective 5-year Study.- ICU-Acquired Infection: Mortality, Morbidity, and Costs.- Evidence-Based Medicine in the Intensive Care Unit.