GENERAL CONCEPTS

• Infection Control Considerations: Isolation/Precaution
• Fever in the Critical Care Unit
• Sepsis and Mimics of Sepsis

CLINICAL SYNDROMES

• Meningitis and Fever and the Mimics
• Encephalitis and its Mimics
• Postneurosurgical Infections
• Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
• Nosocomial Pneumonia. Lung Abscess/Pleural Empyema
• Acute Myocarditis and Acute Pericarditis. Infective Endocarditis and Mimics of Endocarditis
• Central Intravascular Line Infections
• Intra-Abdominal Surgical Infections and Mimics of Intra-Abdominal Infections
• C. difficile Diarrhea/Colitis
• Urosepsis
• Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

SPECIAL PROBLEM AREAS

• Fever and Rash
• Infections in Returning Travelers
• Infections in AIDS Patients
• Infections in Cirrhosis
• Infections in Uremic Patients
• Infections in Asplenics
• Infected Multiple-System Trauma Patient
• Bioterrorism

THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS

• Antibiotic Selection in the Intensive Care Unit
• Antibiotic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit
• Antibiotic Dosing in Hepatic/Renal Insufficiency
• Antibiotic Therapy in Penicillin-Allergic Patients
• Antibiotic Side Effects

• Burke A. Cunha, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, USA

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