Infections in Critical Care Areas, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics captures the latest knowledge on infections in critical care areas and contains the following articles: An Anatomy of an Infection: Overview of the Infectious Process; A Concept Map of the Immune System; Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Areas; Bacterial Infections; Spirochette Infections Lyme Disease and Starry: Breaking New Ground; Antimicrobials: Classifications and Uses in Critical Care; Viral Infections: The Definitive Word; Rickettsial Infections; Antimicrobial Resistance in Critical Care; MRSA in Critical Care Areas; VRE in Critical Care Areas; Sepsis in Critical Care; and Managing the Infected Heart.