Emerging Issues and Controversies in Infectious Disease

This new volume of the "Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century" series is an up to date, state-of-the-art review on several important infections challenging clinicians, from the general practitioner to the various subspecialists that deals with infections. Topics were chosen to a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fong, I.W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This new volume of the "Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century" series is an up to date, state-of-the-art review on several important infections challenging clinicians, from the general practitioner to the various subspecialists that deals with infections. Topics were chosen to address new emerging issues and controversies in clinical infectious Disease: Issues in Central nervous System Infections Emerging issues in Head & Neck Infections Current issues in Ventilator-associated pneumonia Emerging issues in Pulmonary infections of Cystic fibrosis Re-emergence of childhood respiratory infections in adults New Concepts & emerging issues in sepsis Febrile neutropenia: management issues Emerging issues & trend in Clostriduim difficile colitis Probiotics in Infections Disease Device Related Infections Current concepts of orthopedic implants and prosthetic joint infections Combination antimicrobial therapies
Physical Description:XVI, 390 p online resource
ISBN:9780387848419