Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Updated second edition of the concise but comprehensive handbook covering clinical infectious disease for students, residents, primary care medical providers, nurses, and PAs. Written in outline format with short, focused chapters, the book presents a systematic method for understanding basic mechanisms, establishing a diagnosis, and implementing appropriate treatment for commonly encountered problems.

Essentials of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Second Edition begins with a general framework covering basics of clinical reasoning, antimicrobial agents and microbiology, and antimicrobial stewardship. Individual chapters devoted to the broad range of infectious diseases and topics are organized by body system and feature targeted presentation of pathogenesis and risk factors, microbial causes, clinical manifestations, patient work-up, diagnostic criteria, and medical, antimicrobial, and surgical management. The book also addresses important related topics including fever and neutropenia, approach to evaluating ectoparasite-related infections, infectious diseases approach to sepsis, travel medicine, and basics of infection control and hospital epidemiology. Designed for busy practitioners at any level looking to sharpen the clinical problem-solving skills required to provide the highest quality care to patients with infectious diseases.

Key Features:

    Presents core clinical infectious disease topics in concise easy-to-read format
    Revised and updated to reflect recent developments in the field consistent with evidence-based literature and current clinical practice guidelines
    6 new chapters on lyme disease, anorectal infections, travel medicine, dental infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and clinical reasoning and statistics
    Focus on the approach to evaluation and management of the patient
    Incorporates essential antimicrobial therapy information with adult, pediatric, and OB-GYN dosing considerations

Reviews
Praise for the previous edition: "Approaches near perfection…This is an excellent introduction to infectious diseases by a group of authors who take a straightforward and bullet-point approach to thinking and talking about clinical issues" - Doody's Reviews

CONTENTS

I. Introduction to Clinical Infectious Diseases
Chapter 1. Introduction and Basics of Clinical Reasoning
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 2. Introduction to Antimicrobial Stewardship
Susan L. DeBiase, BS, RN William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 3. Introduction to Antimicrobial Agents
Emily L. Heil, PharmD, BCPS Neha U. Sheth, PharmD, BCPS William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 4. Introduction to Medical Microbiology
Nicole M. Parrish, PhD, MHS, D (ABMM) Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD, D (ABMM)
II. Approach to Fever and Leukocytosis
Chapter 5. Fever of Unknown Origin
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 6. Leukocytosis
William F Wright, DO, MPH
III. Approach Bloodstream and Cardiovascular Infections
Chapter 7. Infective Endocarditis
Jennifer Sharkey, MD, MPH William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 8. Infectious Myocarditis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 9. Cardiovascular Implant Prosthetic Device Infections
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 10. Infections Involving Intravascular Catheters and Suppurative Thrombophlebitis
Eric Cox, MD Kerri A. Thom, MD, MS
IV. Approach to Pulmonary Infections
Chapter 11. Pneumonia
Ulrike K. Buchwald, MD Devang M. Patel, MD
Chapter 12. Empyema
Gonzalo Luizaga, MD Luciano Kapelusznik, MD
Chapter 13. Lung Abscess
Adrian Majid, MD Ulrike K. Buchwald, MD Devang M. Patel, MD
Chapter 14. Tuberculosis
David W. Keckich, MD Ulrike K. Buchwald, MD
V. Approach to Gastrointestinal Infections
Chapter 15. Diverticulitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 16. Appendicitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 17. Pancreatic Infections
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 18. Peritonitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 19. Infectious Diarrhea
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 20. Clostridium difficile Colitis
Ryan S. Arnold, MD William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 21. Infectious Gastritis- Helicobacter pylori
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 22. Anorectal Abscess and Fistula-in-Ano
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
VI. Approach to Hepatobiliary Infections
Chapter 23. Cholecystitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 24. Acute Cholangitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
VII. Approach to Hepatic Infections
Chapter 25. Hepatic Abscess
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 26. Hepatitis A
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 27. Hepatitis B
Luciano Kapelusznik, MD Rohit Talwani, MD William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 28. Hepatitis C
Rohit Talwani, MD Luciano Kapelusznik, MD William F. Wright, DO, MPH
VIII. Approach to Renal-Urinary Infections
Chapter 29. Urinary Tract Infections
Janaki C. Kuruppu, MD
Chapter 30. Pyelonephritis and Renal Abscess
Jason Bailey, DO Janaki C. Kuruppu, MD
Chapter 31. Catheter-related urinary tract infections
Clare Rock, MD Kerri A. Thom, MD, MS
IX. Approach to Neurological Infections
Chapter 32. Meningitis and Ventriculitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 33. Infectious Encephalitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 34. Brain Abscess
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
X. Approach to Orthopedic-Related Infections
Chapter 35. Osteomyelitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 36. Mandibular and Maxillary Osteomyelitis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 37. Septic Arthritis
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 38. Periprosthetic-Joint Infections
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
XI. Approach to Skin and Soft-tissue Infections
Chapter 39. Non-necrotizing skin and soft-tissue infections
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 40. Necrotizing skin and soft-tissue infections
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 41. Diabetic-Foot Infections
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
XII. Approach to Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 42. Sexual transmitted diseases
Eric Cox, MD Leonard A. Sowah, MBChB, MPH
Chapter 43. HIV and AIDS
Shivakumar Narayanan, MBBS Guesly Delva, MD Bruce L. Gilliam, MD Robert R. Redfield, MD
XIII. Approach to Infections related to Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter 44. Obstetrics and gynecology related infections
Jennifer Sharkey, MD, MPH Leonard A. Sowah, MBChB, MPH
XIV. Approach to Eye Infections
Chapter 45. Infectious Keratitis
Jason Bailey, DO Anthony Amoroso, MD William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 46. Endophthalmitis
Adrian Majid, MD Anthony Amoroso, MD William F. Wright, DO, MPH
XV. Approach to Sepsis
Chapter 47. Sepsis and Septic Shock
John Vaz, MD Devang M. Patel, MD
XVI. Approach to Transplant-related Infections
Chapter 48. Hematopoietic stem-cell transplant infections
Michael Tablang, MD David J. Riedel, MD
Chapter 49. Solid-organ transplant infections
Michael Tablang, MD Charles E. Davis, MD
XVII. Approach to Ectoparasite-related Infections
Chapter 50. Lyme disease
William F. Wright, DO, MPH
XVIII. Infection Control and Epidemiology
Chapter 51. Travel Medicine
Susan L. DeBiase, BS, RN William F. Wright, DO, MPH
Chapter 52. Basic approach to Infection Control and Epidemiology
Clare Rock, MD Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH