Surgical infections /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Little, Brown,
[1995]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Basic issues
- History of surgical infection
- Microbiology of surgical pathogens
- Altered host defense mechanisms in septic patients
- Microenvironment of infection
- Antimicrobial therapy
- Spectrum and activity of antibiotics
- Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
- Antifungal chemotherapy
- Antiviral chemotherapy
- Antibiotic pharmacology
- Prevention of surgical infection
- Aseptic technique in the operating room
- Antiseptics in surgery
- Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery
- Prevention of infection: intestinal antibiotics.
- Infections of the skin and soft tissues
- Surgical wound infections: surveillance for quality improvement
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Burn wound infection
- Infections of the breast
- Infectious complications of breast surgery
- Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Pressure ulcers
- Perirectal abscesses
- Intra-abdominal infection
- Peritonitis
- Appendicitis
- Cholecystitis and cholangitis
- Diverticulitis
- Perforated ulcers
- Pancreatitis and secondary infections
- Intra-abdominal infection and abdominal trauma.
- Pyogenic liver abscess and splenic abscess
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Primary peritonitis
- Peritoneal dialysis: associated peritonitis
- Cardiothoracic infections
- Postoperative pneumonia
- Infective endocarditis
- Thoracic empyema
- Mycotic aneurysms
- Surgical infections of the pericardium
- Mediastinal infections
- Post-sternotomy wound infections
- Orthopedic and extremity infections
- Open fractures and osteomyelitis
- Infections of total joint prostheses
- Fetid foot
- Infections of the hand
- Head and neck infection.
- Posttraumatic central nervous system infections
- Brain abscess
- Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections
- Nosocomial sinusitis
- Postoperative parotitis
- Cervical space infections
- Midfacial cellulitis
- Odontogenic surgical infections
- Otitis externa and otitis media
- Ocular infections
- Genitourinary infections
- Postoperative urinary tract infections
- Renal infections
- Epididymitis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Special considerations in surgical infections
- Infections of intravascular devices
- Prosthetic graft infection in vascular surgery.
- Postsplenectomy infections
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Candida infections and candidemia
- Unusual fungus pathogens in surgical patients
- Actinomycosis and nocardiosis
- Protozoan infections: pneumocystis pneumonia
- Protozoan infections: entamoeba histolytica
- Protozoan infections: toxoplasmosis
- Parasitic infections: echinococcal disease
- Clostridium difficile enterocolitis
- Cytomegalovirus infections
- Tetanus
- Occupational risks for surgeons: hepatitis
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Mycobacterial infections.
- Systemic sequelae of infection
- Septic response, septic shock and multiple-organ failure
- Microbial gastrointestinal translocation
- Septic response without infection
- Future considerations in surgical infection
- Role of antiendotoxin antibodies as adjuvant therapy for the management of gram-negative sepsis and septic shock
- Immune modulation
- Receptor and mediator blockade in the treatment of sepsis.