Infectious diseases in critical care medicine

Foreword Henry Masur ix Preface to the First Edition x Preface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the Third Edition xii Contributors xvii PART I: DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN CRITICAL CARE 1. Clinical Approach to Fever in Critical Care 1 Burke A. Cunha 2. Fever and Rash in Critical Care 19 Lee S. Engel, Charles V. Sanders, and Fred A. Lopez 3. Physical Exam Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care 49 Yehia Y. Mishriki 4. Ophthalmologic Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care 66 Cheston B. Cunha, Michael J. Wilkinson, and David A. Quillen 5. Radiology of Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care 76 Jocelyn A. Luongo, Orlando A. Ortiz, and Douglas S. Katz 6. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/ Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Colonization and Infection in the Critical Care Unit 102 C. Glen Mayhall PART II: CLINICAL SYNDROMES IN CRITICAL CARE 7. Clinical Approach to Sepsis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 128 Burke A. Cunha 8. Meningitis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 134 Burke A. Cunha and Leon Smith 9. Encephalitis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 153 John J. Halperin 10. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Critical Care 164 Burke A. Cunha 11. Nosocomial Pneumonia in Critical Care 178 Emilio Bouza and Almudena Burillo 12. Intravenous Central Line Infections in Critical Care 208 Burke A. Cunha 13. Infective Endocarditis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 218 John L. Brusch 14. Intra-abdominal Surgical Infections and Their Mimics in Critical Care 260 Samuel E. Wilson 15. Clostridium difficile Infection in Critical Care 271 Karin I. Hjalmarson and Sherwood L. Gorbach 16. Urosepsis in Critical Care 288 Burke A. Cunha 17. Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Critical Care 295 Mamta Sharma and Louis D. Saravolatz PART III: DIFFICULT DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL CARE 18. Tropical Infections in Critical Care 322 MAJ Robert Wood-Morris, LTC Michael Zapor, David R. Tribble, and Kenneth F. Wagner 19. Infections in Cirrhosis in Critical Care 341 Laurel C. Preheim 20. Severe Infections in Asplenic Patients in Critical Care 350 Mohammed S. Ahmed and Nancy Khardori 21. Infections in Burns in Critical Care 359 Steven E. Wolf, Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., and Seung H. Kim 22. Infections Related to Steroids in Immunosuppressive/Immunomodulating Agents in Critical Care 376 Lesley Ann Saketkoo and Luis R. Espinoza 23. Infections in Organ Transplants in Critical Care 387 Patricia Mun˜oz, Almudena Burillo, and Emilio Bouza 24. Miliary Tuberculosis in Critical Care 420 Helmut Albrecht 25. Bioterrorism Infections in Critical Care 432 Dennis J. Cleri, Anthony J. Ricketti, and John R. Vernaleo PART IV: ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY 26. Selection of Antibiotics in Critical Care 487 Divya Ahuja, Benjamin B. Britt, and Charles S. Bryan Contents xv 27. Antimicrobial Therapy of VRE and MRSA in Critical Care 497 Burke A. Cunha 28. Antibiotic Therapy of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii in Critical Care 512 Burke A. Cunha 29. Antibiotic Kinetics in the Febrile Multiple-System Trauma Patient in Critical Care 521 Donald E. Fry 30. Antibiotic Therapy in the Penicillin Allergic Patient in Critical Care 536 Burke A. Cunha 31. Adverse Reactions to Antibiotics in Critical Care 542 Eric V. Granowitz and Richard B. Brown Index 557