Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

Eubacterium plautii, 352
Exfoliative toxins, 34
Exotoxin A, 221
Extended spectrumb-lactamases (ESBL), 222,
268, 488, 516
Extensive drug-resistant (XDR) TB, 326–327
External eye findings
in infectious diseases
adenovirus, 67
bacterial endocarditis, 69
CMV, 69
CSD, 70
HPS, 68
invasive fungal infection, 71
leptospirosis (Weil’s syndrome), 68
lyme disease, 71
meningococcemia, 70
MTB, 67
primary syphilis, 71
RMSF, 68
secondary syphilis, 71
tertiary syphilis, 71
toxoplasmosis, 70
TSS, 67
tularemia (oculoglandular), 68
VZV, 71
in non-infectious diseases
acute pancreatitis, 75
cholesterol emboli syndrome, 74
Kawasaki’s disease, 75
sarcoidosis, 72
SLE, 73
Stevens-Johnson syndrome, 74
TA/GCA, 73
Wegener’s granulomatosis, 73
Extreme hyperpyrexia
causes of, 1–2
Eye exam
findings
external.SeeExternal eye findings
internal.SeeFundoscopic findings

Fasciotomy, 304
FDA.SeeFood and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ferritin levels, serum, 147
Fever
clinical approach in, 1–6
definition of, 1
diagnostic importance of, 6–7
with eosinophilia, 331
infectious causes of, 6
noninfectious causes of, 1–2
pathophysiology of, 524–525
perplexing problem, 1
recrudescence of, 15
in SOT recipients
noninfectious causes of, 405
of unknown origin, 404–405
toxic appearance with, 332, 335

Fever, physical findings

causes of, 49

diagnostic features, 49

double quotidian.SeeDouble quotidian fever,

physical findings

noninfectious mimics, 49

PE findings, 49

Fever and rash, in critical care

etiology of, 19, 20, 23

history of, 19, 22

physical examination of, 22

transmission-based precautions for, 21

1028 F fever rule, 1

clinical applications of, 7

Fibrin split product (FSP), 130

Fine keratic precipitates, 69

Flat malignant smallpox, 477

Flavivirus encephalitis, 329

Flavobacterium odoratum, 302

Fluconazole, 488

Fluorochrome stains, 406

Fluoroquinolone, 548

Focal brain infection, 401

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 380, 426

Fournier gangrene, 305

Frosted branch angiitis, 69

FSP.SeeFibrin split product (FSP)

Fulminant hepatitis, 330–331

Functional hyposplenism, 351

Fundoscopic findings

in infectious diseases

bacterial endocarditis, 69

CMV, 69

CSD, 70

HPS, 68

invasive fungal infection, 71

leptospirosis (Weil’s syndrome), 68

lyme disease, 71

meningococcemia, 70

MTB, 67

primary syphilis, 71

RMSF, 68

secondary syphilis, 71

tertiary syphilis, 71

toxoplasmosis, 70

TSS, 67

tularemia (oculoglandular), 68

VZV, 71

in non-infectious diseases

acute pancreatitis, 75

cholesterol emboli syndrome, 74

Kawasaki’s disease, 75

sarcoidosis, 72

SLE, 73

TA/GCA, 73

Wegener’s granulomatosis, 73

Fungal IE, 245–246.See alsoInfective endocarditis

(IE)

Aspergillusspp. and, 222

Candidaspp. and, 222

Index 565