Full Description
In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Jennifer A. Hanrahan brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Severe Infections. Top experts cover how to diagnose and manage severe infections in the primary care setting, including Clostridioides difficile colitis and recurrent Clostridioides difficile, vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abcess, prosthetic joint infections, measles, and more.
Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including severe tuberculosis infections; severe STI: Mpox, neurosyphilis, TOA; bacterial meningitis; bacterial pneumonia; and more
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on management of severe infections, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Contents
Infectious Encephalitis: A Persistent Clinical Challenge
Bacterial Meningitis
Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess
A Clinical Review of Prosthetic Joint Infections
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Severe Tuberculosis
Severe Sexually Transmitted Infections: Neurosyphilis, Mpox, and the Tubo-ovarian Abscess
Infective Endocarditis
Measles - Resurgence of an Old Foe
Severe Infections in Returning Travelers
Severe Pneumonia
Fulminant Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Journey into the Unknown!
Management of Severe Infections: Multidrug-Resistant and Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria
