CURRENT DIAGNOSIS and TRTMT IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Walter Wilson, MD is Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Mayo Clinic. Merle Sande, MD, Chair and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine.

I. BASIC PRINCIPLES 1. Introduction 2. Basic Principles of Host Defense 3. Basic Principles of Microbial Virulence 4. General Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy 5. Infection Prevention in Healthcare Settings 6. Laboratory Diagnosis II. CLINICAL SYNDROMES 7. Infections of the Central Nervous System 8. Infections of the Eye & Orbit 9. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 10. Tracheobronchitis & Lower Respiratory Tract Infections 11. Infective Endocarditis 12. Intra-Abdominal Infections 13. Skin & Soft-Tissue Infections 14. Osteomyelitis, Infectious Arthritis & Prosthetic-Joint Infection 15. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 16. Urinary Tract Infections 17. Sepsis Syndrome 18. Fever of Unknown origin 19. Fever & Rash 20. Infectious Diarrhea 21. Hepatobiliary Infections 22. Obstetric & Gynecologic Infections III. SPECIAL PATIENT POPULATIONS 23. Patients with AIDS 24. Infections in Transplant Recipients 25. Patients with Neutropenia & Fever 26. Patients with Recurrent Infections or Leuocyte Abnormatlities IV. VIRAL INFECTIONS 27. Enteroviruses 28. Rhinoviruses 29. Influenza 30. Parainfluezna Virtus 31. Respiratory Syncytial Virtus 32. Adenoviruses 33. Herpesviruses 34. Measles 35. Mumps 36. Rubella 37. Rotavirus 38. Other Gastrointestinal Viruses 39. Hepatitis 40. HIV & Other Retroviruses 41. Poxviruses 42. Parvoviruses 43. Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System 44. Miscellaneous Systemic Viral Syndromes 45. Papovaviruses 46. Staphylococci 47. Streptococcus pneumoniae 48. Streptococcus Pyogenes 49. Enterococci 50. Other Gram-Positive Cocci 51. Gram-Positive Aerobic Bascilli 52. Neisseria Gonorrhoeae & Neisseria Meningitidis 53. Enteritis Caused by Escherichia coli & Shigella & Salmonella Species 54. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 55. Helicobacter Pylori 56. Haemophilus, Bordatella, & Branhamella Species 57. Vibrio & Campylobacter 58. Legionella 59. Important Anaerobes 60. Brucella, Francisella, Pasteurella, Yersinia, and HACEK 61. Tuberculosis 62. Other Mycobacteria 63. Actinomycetes 64. Treponema Pallidum 65. Borrelia & Leptospira Species 66. Mycoplasma & Ureaplasma 67. Chlamydia 68. Coxiella, Ehrlichia, & Rickettsia 69. Bartonella 70. Histoplasma Capsulatum 71. Coccidiodes 73. Candida Species 74. Cryptococcus 75. Aperigillus, Pseudallescheria, & Agents of Mucormycosis 76. Sporothrix Schenckii 77. Fusarium, Penicillium, Paracoccidioides, & Agents of Chromomycosis 78. Dermatophytes 79. Pneumocystis Carinii VII. PARASITIC INFECTIONS A. PROTOZOA 80. Malaria & Babesia 81. Toxoplasma Gondii 82. Pathogenic Amebas 83. Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, & Isospora Species & Microsporidia 84. Giardia 85. Leishmania & Trypanosoma B. HELMINTHS 86. Nematodes 87. Cestodes 88. Trematodes VIII. MISCELLANEOUS INFECTIONS 89. Infections in Travelers 90. Zoonotic Infections 91. Ectoparasitic Infestations & Arthropod Stings & Bites