Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

Treatment Since most cases are caused by streptococci andS. aureus, therapy should be directed against the pathogen. With the wi ...

becomes surrounded by a wide zone of brawny, erythematous, gelatinous, nonpitting edema. As the lesion evolves it becomes hemorr ...

isolate of dog bites andPa. multocidasubsp. was the most common isolate of cat bites. Other common aerobes include streptococci, ...

spread has not been fully elucidated but has been attributed to the expression of hyaluronidase, which degrades the fascia. The ...

Features reported to be indicative of NF on the computed tomography scan include deep fascial thickening, enhancement, and fluid ...

some for decreased number of debridements and decreased mortality (16,57). Results are contradictory, with no real epidemiologic ...

Table 3 Antimicrobial Therapy and Microbiology Associated with Diabetic Foot Infection and Necrotizing Fasciitis Clinical syndro ...

80% of cases) and is among the fastest-growing clostridial species, with a generation time, under ideal conditions, of approxima ...

beyond the area of vascular gangrene to involve viable muscle.Proteusspp.,Bacteroidesspp., and anaerobic streptococci are among ...

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS IN INJECTION DRUG USERS The mechanism by which infection is established probably relates to tiss ...

INFECTIONS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST Infections can be caused by either common bacteria or unusual bacteria, viruses, protoz ...

place or within one year in the presence of an implant and the infection appears to be related to the surgery. Pathogenesis of S ...

Treatment Severe forms require more aggressive treatment with IV antistaphylococcal antibiotics and extra care of denuded skin t ...

staphylococcal enterotoxins are the paradigm of a large family of pyrogenic exotoxins called superantigens (SAgs). For nonmenstr ...

a potential risk factor in this population. STSS has also been well described as a complication of wounds, varicella, and influe ...

Purpura Fulminans Purpura fulminans is an acute illness most commonly associated with meningococcemia but also seen with pneumoc ...

both (140). Characteristics of CA-MRSA include a lack of hospital-associated risk factors, susceptibility to many non-b-lactam a ...

Kluytmans J, Belkun AV, Verbrugh H. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology, underlying mechanisms, and associate ...

Yang HI, Lee MC, Kuo TT, et al. Cellulitis-like cutaneous metastasis of uterine cervical carcinoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 2007; 56 ...

Lipsky BA, Pecoraro RE, Wheat LJ. The diabetic foot: soft tissue and bone infection. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1990; 4:409–432. ...