Infective endocarditis
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Infective endocarditis
Raven Press, c1992
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The second edition of infective endocarditis is a reference on the clinical, pathological, microbiological, therapeutic, and prognostic aspects of this disease. Leading experts detail the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations of infective endocarditis, the laboratory studies and cardiac imaging modalities used in diagnosis, the microbiology of the various etiologic agents, the syndromes associated with these microorganisms, and the disease patterns seen in specific patient populations and recommend appropriate, cost-effective therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. The contributors show how modern approaches to antimicrobial activity testing, antibiotic therapy, surgical tretament and prophylaxis can improve the management of major current problems, such as nosocomial endocarditis, prosthetic valve endocarditis, endocarditis in intravenous drug users, and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Table of Contents
- Definitions and demographic characteristics
- pathogenesis of infective endocarditis
- experimental models of endocarditis
- pathology of infective endocarditis
- infecting microorganisms
- clinical syndrome and diagnosis
- laboratory findings including blood cultures
- cardiac imaging in infective endocarditis
- in vitro assays
- principles and overview of antibiotic therapy
- streptococcal endocarditis - the viridans and beta hemolytic streptococci
- enterococcal endocarditis
- staphylococcal endocarditis
- gram-negative bacterial endocarditis
- unusual bacterial causes of endocarditis
- fungal endocarditis
- endocarditis in children
- endocarditis in the elderly
- endocarditis in intravenous drug users
- nosocomial infective endocarditis
- prosthetic valve endocarditis
- surgical therapy of infective endocarditis on natural valves
- infective endocarditis - economic considerations
- response to therapy - relapses and reinfections
- management of complications of infective endocarditis
- cure rates and long-term prognosis
- prevention of bacterial endocarditis.
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