Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

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Contents

Foreword Henry Masur ix


Preface to the First Edition x


Preface to the Second Edition xi


Preface to the Third Edition xii


Contributors xvii


PART I: DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN CRITICAL CARE



  1. Clinical Approach to Fever in Critical Care 1
    Burke A. Cunha

  2. Fever and Rash in Critical Care 19
    Lee S. Engel, Charles V. Sanders, and Fred A. Lopez

  3. Physical Exam Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care 49
    Yehia Y. Mishriki

  4. Ophthalmologic Clues to Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care 66
    Cheston B. Cunha, Michael J. Wilkinson, and David A. Quillen

  5. Radiology of Infectious Diseases and Their Mimics in Critical Care 76
    Jocelyn A. Luongo, Orlando A. Ortiz, and Douglas S. Katz

  6. Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus/
    Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Colonization
    and Infection in the Critical Care Unit 102
    C. Glen Mayhall


PART II: CLINICAL SYNDROMES IN CRITICAL CARE



  1. Clinical Approach to Sepsis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 128
    Burke A. Cunha

  2. Meningitis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 134
    Burke A. Cunha and Leon Smith

  3. Encephalitis and Its Mimics in Critical Care 153
    John J. Halperin

  4. Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Critical Care 164
    Burke A. Cunha

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