Respiratory Infections 2th > Infectious Disease

This book, written by three recognized authorities in the field of respiratory infections, offers a state-of-the-art review of respiratory infections and emphasizes diagnostic techniques and new treatments for infectious diseases. The authors bring their expertise in pharmaceuticals and fungal infections to the forefront of this volume that has been written for physicians in pulmonary medicine, infectious disease, critical care and/or general medicine. Included are scientific reviews of infectious pathogens, likely pathogens (and their characteristics) for lung infection, and diagnostic methods, therapy and prevention

Ch. 1 The Host Defense Network of the Lungs: An Overview 3
Ch. 2 Nonspecific Host Defenses: Mucociliary Clearance and Cough 17
Ch. 3 Humoral Immunity in the Lung: Expression and Therapeutic Manipulation 33
Ch. 4 Pathogenesis of Airway Colonization 45
Ch. 5 Host Impairments in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 57
Ch. 6 Nutrition and Infection 65
Ch. 7 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, Otitis Media, and Epiglottitis 77
Ch. 8 Bronchitis and Acute Febrile Tracheobronchitis 91
Ch. 9 Lower Respiratory Tract Infections of Infants and Children 103
Ch. 10 Nosocomial Pneumonia in Children 115
Ch. 11 Community-Acquired Pneumonia 125
Ch. 12 Nosocomial Pneumonia Outside the Intensive Care Unit 139
Ch. 13 Nosocomial Pneumonia in Critically Ill and Mechanically Ventilated Patients 147
Ch. 14 Immunocompromised Patients 163
Ch. 15 Respiratory Infections in Persons Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus 199
Ch. 16 Mimics of Infectious Pneumonia in Persons Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus 217
Ch. 17 Nosocomial Pneumonia in Surgical Patients 225
Ch. 18 Approach to Pneumonia in the Elderly Nursing Home Patient 233
Ch. 19 Respiratory Tract Infections Among the Economically Disadvantaged 241
Ch. 20 Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory Infections 251
Ch. 21 Pneumonia and Empyema 265
Ch. 22 Nonresolving, Slowly Resolving, and Recurrent Pneumonia 277
Ch. 23 Lung Abscess and Other Subacute Pulmonary Infections 291
Ch. 24 Pneumococcal Pneumonia 307
Ch. 25 Haemophilus influenzae as a Cause of Acute Tracheobronchitis or Pneumonia 313
Ch. 26 Legionella 319
Ch. 27 Atypical Pneumonia 331
Ch. 28 Anaerobic Pleuropulmonary Infections: Aspiration, Pneumonia, Abscess, and Empyema 345
Ch. 29 Community-Acquired Gram-Negative Pneumonias 359
Ch. 30 Pseudomonal Infections of the Lung 365
Ch. 31 Group B Streptococcal and Other Nonpneumococcal Streptococcal Pneumonia 373
Ch. 32 Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis Pneumonia 379
Ch. 33 Fungal Diseases of the Lung 387
Ch. 34 Nocardiosis 417
Ch. 35 Actinomycosis 427
Ch. 36 Pneumonic Forms of Bacterial Zoonosis: Plague, Anthrax, and Tularemia 435
Ch. 37 Pneumocystis carinii 439
Ch. 38 Tuberculosis 449
Ch. 39 Mycobacteria Other Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis 459
Ch. 40 Viral Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults 471
Ch. 41 An Approach to Diagnostic Methods 489
Ch. 42 Invasive Techniques for the Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections 499
Ch. 43 Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Respiratory Infection 511
Ch. 44 Inhaled Antibiotics 539
Ch. 45 Adjunctive Measures in the Treatment of Respiratory Infections 545
Ch. 46 New Therapeutic Strategies for Sepsis and Pneumonia 551
Ch. 47 Infection Control Methods 565
Ch. 48 Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections in Intensive Care by Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract 579
Ch. 49 Prevention of Pneumococcal and Influenza Infections 595
Ch. 50 Preventive Interventions for Persons Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus 607
Ch. 51 Chronic Bronchitis: Role of Antibiotics 621
Index 635

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