Table of Contents:

VOLUME 1

Section 1:  Introduction to Infectious Diseases

1.       Nature and pathogenicity of micro-organisms

2.       Host responses to infection

3.       Vaccines and vaccination

4.       Emerging and re-emerging pathogens

5.       Mathematical models in infectious disease

6.       History of infection prevention and control

7.       Bacterial genomes

PP1  Health consequences of a changing climate

 

Section 2:  Syndromes by Body System

 

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE

 

8.        Viral exanthems

9.       Cellulitis, pyoderma, abscesses and other skin and subcutaneous infections

10.    Necrotizing fasciitis, gas gangrene, myositis, and myonecrosis

11.    Arthropods and ectoparasites

12.    Dermatologic manifestations of systemic infections

13.    Superficial fungal infections

PP2  Approach to the acutely febrile patient who has a generalized rash

PP3  Management of foot ulcer

PP4  Managing the patient with recurring skin infections

 

THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

 

14.     Lymphadenopathy

PPI5  Evaluation and management of the solitary enlarged lymph node

 

THE EYE

 

15.     Conjunctivitis, keratitis and infections of periorbital structures

16.    Endophthalmitis

17.    Infectious retinitis and uveitis

PPI6  Management of red eye

 

THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

 

18.     Acute and chronic meningitis

19.    Encephalitis and myelitis

20.    Brain abscess and other focal pyogenic infections of the central nervous system

21.    Tetanus and botulism

22.    Prion diseases of humans and animals

23.    Infections in hydrocephalus shunts

PP7  When to do a lumbar puncture for the evaluation of meningoencephalitis

PP8  Approach to the patient who has fever and headache

PP9  Empiric antimicrobial therapy for suspected infection of the central nervous system

 

THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

 

24.     Laryngitis, epiglottitis and pharyngitis

25.    Otitis, sinusitis and related conditions

26.    Bronchitis, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis

27.    Community-acquired pneumonia

28.    Hospital-acquired pneumonia

29.    Lung abscesses and pleural abscesses

30.    Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections

31.    Fungal pneumonias

PP10  Investigation of pleural discharge/fluid

PP11  Managing a postoperative fever

PP12  Use of antibiotics in common respiratory infections

PP13  When to use corticosteroids in noncentral nervous system tuberculosis

PP14  How to manage a patient on anti-TB therapy with abnormal liver enzymes

PP15  Management of the infected cystic fibrosis patient

PP16  Diagnosis and management of ventilator-associated pneumonia

 

THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

 

32.     Orocervical infection

33.    Gastritis, peptic ulceration and related conditions

34.    Food-borne diarrheal illness

35.    Acute diarrhea

36.    Chronic diarrhea

37.    Intra-abdominal sepsis, peritonitis and pancreatitis

38.    Viral hepatitis

39.    Hepatobiliary and splenic infection

PP17  Traveler’s Diarrhea

PP18  Management of persistent postinfectious diarrhea in adults

PP19  Approach to liver abscesses

 

BONE AND JOINTS

 

40.     Infective and reactive arthritis

41.    Acute and chronic osteomyelitis

42.    Infections of prosthetic joints and other related problems

43.    Lyme disease

PP20  Postoperative infections in a patient with a prosthetic joint

 

BLOODSTREAM, HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS

 

44.     Sepsis

45.    Infections associated with intravascular lines, grafts and devices

46.    Myocarditis and pericarditis

47.    Endocarditis and endarteritis

48.    Rheumatic fever

PP21  Nuclear medicine scanning

PP22 Approach to the patient with persistent bacteremia

 

OBSTETRIC AND GYNECOLOGIC INFECTIONS

 

49.     Vaginitis, vulvitis, cervicitis and cutaneous vulval lesions

50.    Infections of the female pelvis including septic abortion

51.    Complications of pregnancy: maternal perspectives

52.    Implications for the fetus of maternal infections in pregnancy

PP23  Management of an HIV-positive pregnant woman with a positive VDRL test from an area endemic for Treponema infection

PP24  Treatment of a positive Toxoplasma titer in pregnancy

PP25  A pregnant patient with a previous pregnancy complicated by group B streptococcal disease in the infant

 

URINARY TRACT

 

53.     Cystitis and urethral syndromes

54.    Prostatitis, epidydimitis and orchitis

55.    Pyleonephritis and abscesses of the kidney

56.    Complicated urinary infection, including postsurgical and catheter-related infections

PP26  Management of persistent symptoms of prostatitis

PP27  Tuberculosis of the urogenital tract

PP28  Urinary tract infections in kidney transplant recipients

 

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

 

57.     Syphilis

58.    Genital herpes

59.    Papillomavirus infections

60.    Lymphogranuloma venereum, chancroid and granuloma inguinale

PP29  Management of gonorrhea

PP30  Persistent/recurrent vaginal discharge

PP31  Persistent or recurrent nongonococcal urethritis in men and woman

 

Section 3:  Special Problems in Infectious Disease Practice

 

61.     Pathogenesis of fever

62.    Clinical approach to the acute fever

63.    Fever of unknown origin

64.    The potential role of infectious agents in diseases of unknown etiology

65.    Infectious complications following surgery and trauma

66.    Recreational infections

67.    Occupational infections

68.    Infections from pets

69.    Infections acquired from animals other than pets

70.    Chronic fatigue syndrome

71.    Bioterrorism and biodefense

PP32  Management of Candiduria in the ICU

PP33  Infections associated with near drowning

PP34  Management of human bites

PP35  Factitious fever

PP36  Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization

PP37  Infection in burns

PP38  Transfusion related infections

PP39  Kawasaki disease

 

Section 4:  Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

 

72.     Immunodeficiencies

73.    Infections in the neutropenic cancer patient

74.    Infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

75.    Infection in solid organ transplantation

76.    Heart, lung and heart-lung transplantation

77.    Liver transplantation

78.    Pancreatic transplantation

79.    Intestinal transplantation

80.    Kidney transplant patients

81.    Vasculitis and other immunologically related diseases

82.    Splenectomy and splenic dysfunction

83.    Vaccination of the immunocompromised patient

PP40  Immunodeficiencies  associated with immunosuppressive patients

PP41  Preventing tuberculosis and other serious infections in patients starting anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy

PP42  Infectious diseases transmitted by grafts

PP43  BK virus replication and disease in transplant patients

 

VOLUME 2

 

Section 5:  HIV and AIDS

 

84.     Epidemiology of HIV infection

 

PREVENTION

 

85.     Prevention of HIV transmission through behavioral change and sexual means

86.    Preventing occupational HIV infection in the health-care environment

87.    HIV vaccines:  Past failures and future scientific challenges

PATHOGENESIS

88.     The immunopathogenesis of HIV-1

CLINICAL PRESENTATION

89.     Primary HIV infection

90.    Prevention of opportunistic infections

91.    Opportunistic infections

92.    Disorders of immune reconstitution in patients with HIV infection

93.    Tuberculosis in HIV

94.    Neoplastic disease

95.    Dermatologic manifestations of HIV infection

96.    HIV/AIDS-related problems in developing countries

PP44  Hepatitis B in the HIV co-infected patient

 

AIDS IN WOMEN AND INFANTS

 

97.     HIV infection in children

98.    Special problems in women who have HIV disease

HIV THERAPY

99.     Principles of management of HIV in the developed world

100.Antiviral therapy

PP45  Drug interactions in HIV and AIDS

PP46  How to manage the hepatitis C virus co-infected HIV patient

PP47  How to manage hyperlipidemia in the HIV patient

PP48  Multidrug resistant HIV

 

Section 6:  International Medicine

 

101. Geography of infectious diseases

102.Pretravel advice and immunization

PP49  Fever in a returned traveler from Kenya or the Congo

PP50  Skin rashes in a returned traveler from Ecuador

PP51  Jaundice in a returned traveler from Nepal

PP52  Sexually transmitted infection in a returned traveler from Durban

PP53  Eosinophilia in a returned traveler from West Africa

PP54  Lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly and anemia in a returned traveler from Sudan

PP55  History of an animal bite in a returned traveler from Burma

 

MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:  SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE

 

103. Leprosy

104.Endemic treponematoses

MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:  THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

105.  African trypanosomiasis

106.  Other parasitic infections of the central nervous system

107.  Eye infections in the tropics

PP56  Managing an outbreak of meningococcal disease in and African village

 

MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:  THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

 

108. Parasitic infections of the gastrointestinal tract

109.  Typhoid fever and other enteric fevers

110.  Amebic infections

PP57  Diarrhea in a returned traveler from Mexico

PP58  Amebic cysts in the stool

 

MAJOR TROPICAL SYNDROMES:  SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS

 

111. Malaria

112.  Schistosomiasis

113.  Cestode and trematode infections

114.  Hydatid disease

115.  Filariasis

116.  Infections in sickle-cell disease

117.  Leishmaniasis

118.  Chagas disease  (American Trypanosomiasis)

119.  Melioidosis

120.  Plague

121.  Tularemia

122.  Scrub typhus and other tropical rickettsioses

123.  Brucellosis

124.  Leptospirosis

125.  Relapsing fevers

126.  Viral hemmorrhagic fevers

127.  Dengue

128.  Anthrax

PP59  What are the treatment options for a pregnant patient with malaria?

PP60  Management of a patient from Gabon with fever, malaise, sore throat and a negative malaria smear

PP61  Follow-up of the returned traveler who has swum in Lake Malawi

 

Section 7:  Anti-Infective Therapy

 

129. Principles of anti-infective therapy

130.  Mechanisms of action

131.  Mechanisms of antibacterial resistance

132.  Antibiotic prophylaxis

133.  Non-inpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy

134.  β-lactam antibiotics

135.  Macrolides, ketolides, lincosamides and streptogramins

136.  Oxazolidinones

137.  Aminoglycosides

138.  Folate inhibitors

139.  Quinolones

140.  Glycopeptides

141.  Tetracycline and chloramphenicol

142.  Nitroimidazoles:  metronidazole, ornidazole and tinidazole

143.  Antituberculosis agents

144.  Miscellaneous agents:  Fusidic acid

145.  Antiretroviral agents

146.  Drugs for herpesvirus infection

147.  Antiviral agents against respiratory viruses

148.  Drugs to treat viral hepatitis

149.  Antifungal agents

150.  Antiparasitic agents

Section 8:  Clinical Microbiology

VIRUSES

151. Acute gastroenteritis viruses

152.  Measles, mumps and rubella viruses

153.  Human enteroviruses

154.  Hepatitis viruses

155.  Herpesviruses

156.  Papillomaviruses

157.  Polyomaviruses

158.  Parvoviruses

159.  Poxviruses

160.  Rabies and rabies-related viruses

161.  Influenza viruses

162.  Respiratry viruses

163.  Retroviruses and retroviral infections

164.  Zoonotic viruses

BACTERIA

165. Staphylococci and micrococci

166.  Streptococci, enterococci and other catalase-negative cocci

167.  Aerobic Gram-positive bacilli

168.  Neisseria

169.  Enterobacteriaceae

170.  Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and miscellaneous Gram-negative bacilli

171.  Curved and spiral bacilli

172.  Gram-negative coccobacilli

173.  Anaerobic bacteria

174.  Mycobacteria

175.  Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

176.  Rickettsia and rickettsia-like organisms

177.  Chlamydia

FUNGI

178. Opportunistic and systemic fungi

179.  Superficial and subcutaneous fungal pathogens

 

PARASITES

 

180.  Protozoa:  intestinal and urogenital amebae, flagellates and ciliates

181.  Protozoa:  intestinal coccidian and microsporidia

182.  Protozoa:  free-living amebae

183.  Blood and tissue protozoa

184.  Helminths

INDEX to Volumes 1 and 2

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