Plasmodiumspp., 324–325
Platelet-activating factor (PAF), 351
Platypnea, physical findings
diagnostic features, 50
noninfectious mimics, 50
PLC.SeePhospholipase C (PLC)
Plesiomonas
skin infections and, 300
Plesiomonas shigelloides, 352
Pleural effusions, 94, 98
Pleural friction rub, physical findings
diagnostic features, 57
noninfectious mimics, 57
PMC.SeePseudomembranous colitis (PMC)
PMIE.SeePacemaker IE (PMIE)
PML.SeeProgressive multifocal
leukoencephalopathy (PML)
PMN.SeePolymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN)
PMN count.SeePolymorphonuclear (PMN) count
PMNL.SeePolymorphonuclear leukocytes
(PMNL)
Pneumocystis(carinii)jiroveci, 382
in SOT recipients, 394, 395
Pneumocystis (carinii) jirovecipneumonia (PCP), 388
Pneumocystis (PCP) pneumonia, 98
Pneumonia
in burn patients, 369–370
cavitary
clinical and radiologic diagnosis of, 94, 95, 96
mimics of, 96, 97
CMV, 98
diffuse
clinical and radiologic diagnosis of, 97–98
focal/segmental
clinical and radiologic diagnosis of, 92
mimic of, 92, 93, 94
gram-negative, 95–96
influenza, 97
Pneumonia
influenza, 97
avian, 165, 166, 168, 169, 172, 174
human, 168–169, 174
swine, 166, 168, 169
human swine avian
mycoplasma, 158
nosocomial, 345
PCP, 98
in SOT recipients, 391–392, 393
S. aureus(MSSA/CA-MRSA), 94
Pneumonic tularemia, 478
Poliovirus, 154
Polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, 424
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 105, 390, 478
CDI diagnosis and, 280
testing, 24
Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs), 341
Polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMNs), 137
Polymorphonuclear (PMN) count, 266
CAP and, 169
Polymyxin B, 538
Polymyxins, 195, 545, 549
Positron emission tomography (PET), 89, 427
Post-ictal state, 155
PPD.SeePurified protein derivative (PPD)
PR.SeePeripheral resistance (PR)
Preauricular lymphadenopathy, physical findings
diagnostic features, 54
noninfectious mimics, 54
Presumptive rapid cultures
VAP diagnosis and, 189–190
Primary CNS lymphoma, 89
Primary pneumonic plague, 478
Primary syphilis, 71
Procalcitonin (PCT)
serum test, 147
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
(PML), 382
Prolonged low-grade fever, causes of, 8
Prophylaxis, 345
of IE in CCU, 246–249
Prostate cancer, 79, 80
Prostatic abscess, 79, 291
Prostatic nodule, physical findings
diagnostic features, 59
noninfectious mimics, 59
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), 220, 223,
229–231, 238, 503.See alsoInfective
endocarditis (IE)
HCIE, 231
IVDA IE, 231
PMIE, 231
Protected specimen brush (PSB) samples, 188
Proteus, 299
Protothecaspp., 403
Prototheca wickerhamii, 403
Prototheca zopfii, 403
PSB.SeeProtected specimen brush (PSB) samples
Pseudallescheria boydii
skin infections and, 300
Pseudodendritic keratitis, 71
Pseudomembranous colitis, 271, 277
Pseudomonas, 95, 96
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 352, 392, 397, 488,
513, 548
burn wound infection, 363, 364, 370
CAB, 515
CAP and, 169, 170
ecthyma gangrenosum and, 310
in endocarditis, 221
HAP and VAP and, 179, 180, 181, 186, 191
Pseudomonas pseudomallei, 327
Pseudomonasspp., 299, 362
Pseudosepsis, 128
Psoas abscess
clinical and radiologic diagnosis of, 78–79
mimics of, 79
Psoas sign, physical findings
diagnostic features, 59
noninfectious mimics, 59
Psoriatic arthritis, 377
efalizumab for, 379
PSRP.SeePenicillin-resistantS. pneumoniae(PSRP)Index 575