Respiratory Infections

Antoni Torres, UVIR/Dept of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain Santiago Ewig, Department of Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany Lionel Mandell, Professor of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada Mark Woodhead, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

PART 1 General issues
Section A Host defences
1 Non-immunologic mechanisms of pulmonary defense
Theo J Moraes and Gregory P Downey
2 Phagocytes in the pulmonary host defense system
Ping Zhang, Carol M Mason, and Steve Nelson
3 Cell-mediated immunity in the lung
Galen B Toews and John J Osterholzer
4 Humoral immunity in the lung
Lisa Gamble and Warren Summer
5 Cytokine and chemokine network in the infected lung
Yves Bergeron and Michel G Bergeron
Section B Pathogens
6 Microbiology as it relates to pulmonary infection
Daryl J Hoban and Heather J Adam
7 Host–bacterial interactions and chronic bronchitis
Robert Wilson
Section C Principles of antimicrobial chemotherapy
8 Antimicrobials for pulmonary infections
Andy IM Hoepelman and Jan Jelrik Oosterheert
9 Antibiotic resistance
Javier Garau and Esther Calbo
10 Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics as they apply to the lung
Sungmin Kiem and Jerome J Schentag
Section D Non-antimicrobial therapies
11 Non-antibiotic therapy
Richard G Wunderink
Section E Principles of microbial investigation
12 Diagnostic samples and procedures
Margareta Ieven
PART 2 Community-acquired infections
Section A Upper respiratory tract infections
13 The common cold
Nikolaos G Papadopoulos, Maria Xatzipsalti, and Sebastian L Johnston
14 Otitis media
Christopher Del Mar and Allan W Cripps
15 Sinus infection
Isam Alobid, Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen, and Joaquim Mullol
16 Pharyngitis and tonsillitis
Paul Little
17 Whooping cough
Brigitte Fauroux
18 Influenza
H Grant Stiver
Section B Airway infections
19 Cough and acute bronchitis
Theo Verheij
20 Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Marc Miravitlles
21 Bronchiectasis and diffuse panbronchiolitis
Kenneth W Tsang
22 Epidemiology: incidence, risk factors for infection, and prognostic factors
Jordi Almirall
23 Clinical features
Wim G Boersma
24 Etiology and investigation
Francesco Blasi, Paola Tarsia, and Roberto Cosentini
25 Management of community-acquired pneumonia
John Macfarlane and Wei Shen Lim
26 Community-acquired pneumonia and bronchiolitis in childhood
Matti Korppi
27 Empyema, lung abscess, and necrotizing pneumonia
Stephen J Chapman, YC Gary Lee, and Robert JO Davies
Section C Cystic fibrosis
28 Cystic fibrosis
Stuart Elborn
Section D Unusual/less common community-acquired infections
29 Community-acquired fungal infections
George A Sarosi, Philip C Johnson and Scott F Davies
30 Tropical respiratory diseases
Zarir F Udwadia
31 Hantavirus, plague, anthrax, and tularemia
Raul Riquelme and Maria Luisa Rioseco
32 Melioidosis and leptospirosis
Bart J Currie and Malcolm McDonald
33 Brucellosis, pulmonary actinomycosis, and botryomycosis
Charles Feldman
34 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Susan M Poutanen and Donald E Low
Section E Mycobacterial infections
35 Pulmonary/pleural tuberculosis
José Caminero
36 Opportunist mycobacteria
Ian A Campbell and Eleri Davies
Section F Prevention and immunity
37 Prevention and immunization
Scott A Harper and Cynthia G Whitney
PART 3 Nosocomial infections
38 Epidemiology of nosocomial respiratory infections
Torsten Bauer and Antoni Torres
39 Pathogenesis and pathology of nosocomial pneumonia
Steve Kirtland
40 Microbial etiology and resistance
Jordi Rello and Jorge Roig
41 Diagnostic approach in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Amalia Alcón, Neus Fàbregas, and Antoni Torres
42 Hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-ventilated patients
Miguel Sabria and Nieves Sopena
43 Antimicrobial treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia
Jean Chastre, Charles Edouard Luyt, and Alain Combes
44 Pneumonia and septic shock
Grant Waterer
45 Prevention of nosocomial respiratory infections
Marin H Kollef
PART 4 Respiratory infection in immunocompromised patients
46 Pneumonia in the immunosuppressed host – a general clinical approach
Santiago Ewig
47 Immunosuppression with glucocorticoids
Carlos Agustí, Ana Rañó, and Oriol Sibila
48 HIV, AIDS, and the lung
Rudolf Speich
49 Respiratory tract infections in solid organ transplant recipients
Nina Singh
50 Neutropenia, high-dose CT and stem cell transplantation
Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal and Axel Glasmacher
51 Pneumonia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Holger Hebart and Hermann Einsele