Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES
1.Introduction to Infectious Diseases: Host-Pathogen Interactions / Dennis L. Kasper
2.Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis / Gerald B. Pier
3.Immunizaation Principles and Vaccine Use / Mark Miller
4.Health Advice for International Travel / Phyllis E. Kozarsky
5.Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases / Andrew B. Onderdonk
6.Microbial Bioterrorism / Anthony S. Fauci
SECTION II FEVER AND APPROACH TO THE FEBRILE PATIENT
7.Fever and Hyperthermia / Reuven Porat
8.Fever and Rase / Kenneth M. Kaye
9.Fever of Unkonwn Origin / Michael V. Callahan
10.Atlas of Rashes Associated with Fever / Elaine T. Kaye
11.Infections in Patients with Cancer / Robert Finberg
12.Infections in Transplant Recipients / Joyce Fingeroth
13.Health Care
Associated Infections / Robert A. Weinstein
14.Approach to the Acutely Ill Infected Febrile Patient / Dennis L. Kasper Note continued: 15.Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock / Robert S. Munford
SECTION III INFECTIONS IN ORGAN SYSTEMS
16.Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, Otitis, and Other Upper Respiratory Tract Infections / Merle A. Sande
17.Pneumonia / Richard Wunderink
18.Bronchiectasis and Lung Abscess / Steven E. Weinberger
19.Infective Endocarditis / Adolf W. Karchmer
20.Pericardial Disease / Eugene Braunwald
21.Infections of the Skin, Muscle, and Soft Tissues / Dennis L. Stevens
22.Osteomyelitis / Jeffrey Parsonnet
23.Infectious Arthritis / Lawrence C. Madoff
24.Intraabdominal Infections and Abscesses / Dennis L. Kasper
25.Acute Infectious Diarrheal Diseases and Bacterial Food Poisoning / Stephen B. Calderwood
26.Acute Appendicitis and Peritonitis / William Silen
27.Urinary Tract Infections, Pyelonephritis, and Prostatitis / Walter E. Stamm
28.Sexually Transmitted Infections: Overview and Clinical Approach / King K. Holmes Note continued: 29.Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema / Kenneth L. Tyler
30.Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis / Morton N. Swartz
31.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Stephen E. Straus
32.Infectious Complications of Burns and Bites / Florencia Pereyra
SECTION IV BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
pt. 1 Approach to Therapy for Bacterial Diseases
33.Treatment and Prophylaxis of Bacterial Infections / Ronald E. Polk
pt. 2 Diseases Caused by Gram-Positive Bacteria
34.Pneumococcal Infections / Daniel M. Musher
35.Staphylococcal Infections / Franklin D. Lowy
36.Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections / Michael R. Wessels
37.Acute Rheumatic Fever / Jonathan R. Carapetis
38.Diphtheria and Other Infections Caused by Corynebacteria and Related Species / John R. Murphy
39.Infections Caused by Listeria Monocytogenes / Daniel A. Portnoy
40.Tetanus / Elias Abrutyn
41.Botulism / Elias Abrutyn Note continued: 42.Gas Gangrene and Other Clostridial Infections / Lawrence C. Madoff
43.Clostridium Difficile
Associated Disease, Including Pseudomembranous Colitis / Stuart Johnson
pt. 3 Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria
44.Meningococcal Infections / Lee M. Wetzler
45.Gonococcal Infections / Peter A. Rice
46.Moraxella Infections / Daniel M. Musher
47.Haemophilus Infections / Timothy F. Murphy
48.Infections Due to the HACEK Group and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria / Dennis L. Kasper
49.Legionella Infection / Victor L. Yu
50.Pertussis and Other Bordetella Infections / Scott A. Halperin
51.Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacilli / James R. Johnson
52.Helicobacter Pylori Infections / Martin J. Blaser
53.Infections Due to Pseudomonas Species and Related Organisms / Reuben Ramphal
54.Salmonellosis / Samuel I. Miller
55.Shigellosis / Jean Bergounioux Note continued: 56.Infections Due to Campylobacter and Related Species / Martin J. Blaser
57.Cholera and Other Vibrioses / Gerald T. Keusch
58.Brucellosis / Nicholas J. Beeching
59.Tularemia / Gordon E. Schutze
60.Plague and Other Yersinia Infections / Grant L. Campbell
61.Bartonella Infections, Including Cat-Scratch Disease / Emily Darby
62.Donovanosis / Gavin Hart
pt. 4 Miscellaneous Bacterial Infections
63.Nocardiosis / Gregory A. Filice
64.Actinomycosis / Thomas A. Russo
65.Infections Due to Mixed Anaerobic Organisms / Ronit Cohen-Poradosu
pt. 5 Mycobacterial Diseases
66.Tuberculosis / Richard J. O'Brien
67.Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) / Robert H. Gelber
68.Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / C. Fordham von Reyn
69.Antimycobacterial Agents / David E. Griffith
pt. 6 Spirochetal Diseases
70.Syphilis / Sheila A. Lukehart
71.Endemic Treponematoses / Sheila A. Lukehart
72.Leptospirosis / Rudy Hartskeerl Note continued: 73.Relapsing Fever / David T. Dennis
74.Lyme Borreliosis / Allen C. Steere
pt. 7 Diseases Caused by Rickettsiae, Mycoplasmas, and Chlamydiae
75.Rickettsial Diseases / Thomas Marrie
76.Infections Due to Mycoplasmas / William M. McCormack
77.Chalamydial Infections / Walter E. Stamm
SECTION V VIRAL INFECTIONS
pt. 1 Viral Diseases: General Considerations
78.Medical Virology / Elliott Kieff
79.Antiviral Chemotherapy, Excluding Antiretroviral Drugs / Raphael Dolin
pt. 2 Infections Due to DNA Viruses
80.Herpes Simplex Viruses / Lawrence Corey
81.Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections / Richard J. Whitley
82.Epstein-Barr Virus Infections, Including Infections Mononucleosis / Jeffrey I. Cohen
83.Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus Types 6, 7, and 8 / Martin S. Hirsch
84.Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox, and Other Poxviruses, Excluding Smallpox Virus / Fred Wang
85.Parvovirus Infections / Kevin E. Brown Note continued: 86.Human Papillomavirus Infections / Richard C. Reichman
pt. 3 Infections Due to DNA and RNA Respiratory Viruses
87.Common Viral Respiratory Infections and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) / Raphael Dolin
88.Influenza / Raphael Dolin
pt. 4 Infections Due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Other Human Retroviruses
89.The Human Retroviruses / Anthony S. Fauci
90.Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease: AIDS and Related Disorders / H. Clifford Lane
pt. 5 Infections Due to RNA Viruses
91.Viral Gastroenteritis / Roger I. Glass
92.Acute Viral Hepatities / Jules L. Dienstag
93.Chronic Hepatitis / Jules L. Dienstag
94.Enteroviruses and Reoviruses / Jeffrey I. Cohen
95.Measles (Rubeola) / Anne Gershon
96.Rubella (German Measles) / Anne Gershon
97.Mumps / Anne Gershon
98.Rabies and Other Rhabdovirus Infections / Eri C. Johannsen
99.Infections Caused by Arthropod-and Rodent-Borne Viruses / Clarence J. Peters Note continued: 100.Ebola and Marburg Viruses / Clarence J. Peters
SECTION VI PRION DISEASES
101.Prion Diseases / Bruce L. Miller
SECTION VII FUNGAL AND ALGAL INFECTIONS
102.Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Infections / John E. Edwards, Jr
103.Histoplasmosis / L. Joseph Wheat
104.Coccidioidomycosis / Neil M. Ampel
105.Blastomycosis / Donna C. Sullivan
106.Cryptococcosis / Arturo Casadevall
107.Candidiasis / John E. Edwards, Jr
108.Aspergillosis / David W. Denning
109.Mucormycosis / Alan M. Sugar
110.Miscallaneous Mycoses and Algal Infections / Donna C. Sullivan
111.Pneumocystic Infection / Peter D. Walzer
SECTION VIII PROTOZOAL AND HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS
pt. 1 Parasitic Infections: General Considerations
112.Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections / Charles E. Davis
113.Agents Used to Treat Parasitic Infections / Thomas A. Moore
114.Pharamacology of Agents Used to Treat Parasitic Infections / Thomas A. Moore Note continued: pt. 2 Protozoal Infections
115.Amebiasis and Infection With Free-Living Amebas / Sharon L. Reed
116.Malaria / Joel G. Breman
117.Babesiosis / Edouard Vannier
118.Atlas of Blood Smears of Malaria and Babesiosis / Joel G. Breman
119.Leishmaniasis / Barbara L. Herwaldt
120.Trypanosomiasis / Louis V. Kirchhoff
121.Toxoplasma Infections / Lloyd H. Kasper
122.Protozoal Intestinal Infections and Trichomoniasis / Peter F. Weller
pt. 3 Helminthic Infections
123.Trichinella and Other Tissue Nematodes / Peter F. Weller
124.Intestinal Nematodes / Thomas B. Nutman
125.Filarial and Related Infections / Peter F. Weller
126.Schistosomiasis and Other Trematode Infections / Adel A.F. Mahamoud
127.Cestodes / Peter F. Weller

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