Contributors
Preface
SECTION I
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN HEALTH AND
DISEASE
1. Approach to the Patient with an Infectious Disease
2. Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis
3. The Human Microbiome
4. Genomics and Infectious Disease
5. Immunization Principles and Vaccine Use
6. Health Recommendations for International Travel
7. Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
8. Climate Change and Infectious Disease
9. Infections in Veterans Returning from Foreign Wars
10. Microbial Bioterrorism
SECTION II
FEVER AND APPROACH TO THE FEBRILE PATIENT
11. Fever
12. Fever and Rash
13. Fever of Unknown Origin
14. Atlas of Rashes Associated with Fever
15. Infections in Patients with Cancer
16. Infections in Transplant Recipients
17. Infections Acquired in Health Care Facilities
18. Approach to the Acutely Ill Infected Febrile Patient
19. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
SECTION III
INFECTIONS IN ORGAN SYSTE MS
20. Sore Throat, Earache, and Upper Respiratory Symptoms
21. Pneumonia
22. Lung Abscess
23. Bronchiectasis
24. Infective Endocarditis
25. Pericardial Disease
26. Infections of the Skin,Muscles, and Soft Tissues
27. Infectious Arthritis
28. Osteomyelitis
29. Intraabdominal Infections and Abscesses
30. Acute Infectious Diarrheal Diseases and Bacterial Food Poisoning
31. Clostridium difficile Infection,Including Pseudomembranous Colitis
32. Acute Appendicitis and Peritonitis
33. Urinary Tract Infections,Pyelonephritis, and Prostatitis
34. Dysuria, Bladder Pain, and the Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
35. Sexually Transmitted Infections:Overview and Clinical Approach
36. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema
37. Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis
38. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
39. Infectious Complications of Burns
40. Infectious Complications of Bites
SECTION IV
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
41. Treatment and Prophylaxis of Bacterial Infections
42. Pneumococcal Infections
43. Staphylococcal Infections
44. Streptococcal Infections
45. Enterococcal Infections
46. Acute Rheumatic Fever
47. Diphtheria and Other Corynebacterial Infections
48. Listeria monocytogenes Infections
49. Tetanus
50. Botulism
51. Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections
52. Meningococcal Infections
53. Gonococcal Infections
54. Haemophilus and Moraxella Infections
55. Infections Due to the HACEK Group and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria
56. Legionella Infections
57. Pertussis and Other Bordetella Infections
58. Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacilli
59. Acinetobacter Infections
60. Helicobacter pylori Infections
61. Infections Due to Pseudomonas Species and Related Organisms
62. Salmonellosis
63. Shigellosis
64. Infections Due to Campylobacter and Related Organisms
65. Cholera and Other Vibrioses
66. Brucellosis
67. Tularemia
68. Plague and Other Yersinia Infections
69. Bartonella Infections, Including Cat-Scratch Disease
70. Donovanosis
71. Nocardiosis
72. Actinomycosis and Whipple’s Disease
73. Infections Due to Mixed Anaerobic Organisms
74. Tuberculosis
75. Leprosy
76. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
77. Antimycobacterial Agents
78. Syphilis
79. Endemic Treponematoses
80. Leptospirosis
81. Relapsing Fever
82. Lyme Borreliosis
83. Rickettsial Diseases
84. Infections Due to Mycoplasmas
85. Chlamydial Infections
SECTION V
VIRAL INFECTIONS
86. Medical Virology
87. Antiviral Chemotherapy,
Excluding Antiretroviral Drugs
88. Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
89. Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections
90. Epstein-Barr Virus Infections,Including Infectious Mononucleosis
91. Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus Types 6, 7, and 8
92. Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox, and Other Poxvirus Infections
93. Parvovirus Infections
94. Human Papillomavirus Infections
95. Common Viral Respiratory Infections
96. Influenza
97. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease: AIDS and Related Disorders
98. Viral Gastroenteritis
99. Acute Viral Hepatitis
100. Chronic Hepatitis
101. Enterovirus, Parechovirus, and Reovirus Infections
102. Measles (Rubeola)
103. Rubella (German Measles)
104. Mumps
105. Rabies and Other Rhabdovirus Infections
106. Arthropod-Borne and Rodent-Borne Virus Infections
107. Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus Infections
108. Zika Virus Infection and Zika-Associated Congenital Abnormalities
SECTION VI
PRION DISEASES
109. Prion Diseases
SECTION VII
FUNGAL INFECTIONS
110. Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections
111. Histoplasmosis
112. Coccidioidomycosis
113. Blastomycosis
114. Cryptococcosis
115. Candidiasis
116. Aspergillosis
117. Mucormycosis
118. Superficial Mycoses and Less Common Systemic Mycoses
119. Pneumocystis Infections
SECTION VIII
PROTOZOAL AND HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS
120. Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections
121. Agents Used to Treat Parasitic Infections
122. Amebiasis and Infection with Free-Living Amebas
123. Malaria
124. Babesiosis
125. Atlas of Blood Smears of Malaria and Babesiosis
126. Leishmaniasis
127. Chagas Disease and African Trypanosomiasis
128. Toxoplasma Infections
129. Protozoal Intestinal Infections and Trichomoniasis
130. Introduction to Helminthic Infections
131. Trichinellosis and Other Tissue Nematode Infections
132. Intestinal Nematode Infections
133. Filarial and Related Infections
134. Schistosomiasis and Other Trematode Infections
135. Cestode Infections
SECTION IX
ENVENOMATIONS, INFESTATIONS, BITES,AND STINGS
136. Disorders Caused by Venomous Snakebites and Marine Animal Exposures
137. Ectoparasite Infestations and Arthropod Injuries
Appendix
Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance
Review and Self-Assessment
Index