This book offers practical tips and essential guidance for trainees and specialists in clinical microbiology and infectious diseases and healthcare professionals interested in infection management to put theoretical knowledge into daily practice. Using common clinical situations and problems as a guide, the handbook is intended to support the healthcare professional from interpretation of laboratory results to consultation and infection control.
Key Features
Concisely covers the critical clinical microbiology and infectious disease topics, with an emphasis on translating theoretical knowledge into clinical practice
Provides practical guidance and solutions to commonly encountered issues and scenarios
Presented in an accessible format to rapidly aid the clinician in day-to-day practice
Table of Contents
Table of contents
Section 1 Principles of Infection Management
Pillars of Infection Management
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Diagnostic Stewardship
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Infection Prevention and Control
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Section 2 Diagnosis of Infections
2.1 Commensal flora
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.2 Diagnosing Bacterial Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.3 Diagnosing Viral Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.4 Diagnosing Invasive Fungal Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.5 Diagnosing Parasitic Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.6 Laboratory Detection of β-lactam Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.7 Understanding the antibiogram
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.8 Understanding Microbiological Culture
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.9 Understanding Serology
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
2.10 Understanding Molecular Diagnosis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Section 3 Treatment of Infections
3.1 Basic Principles of Antimicrobial treatment
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.2 Basic Principles of Antifungal treatment
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.3 β-lactam Allergy
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.4 Antimicrobial agents in pregnant women
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.5 Antimicrobial agents and liver injury
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.6 Antimicrobial agents and neurotoxicity
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.7 Antimcrobial agents and drug interactions
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.8 Pharmaco kinetic and Pharmaco dynamic Considerations
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.9 Source Control
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
3.10 Antibiotic treatment failure
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Section 4 Special Problems
4.1 Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.2 Animal Bites
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.3 Asymptomatic bacteriuria
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.4 Atypical Pneumonia
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.5 Bacterial skin and soft tissue infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.6 Bloodstream infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.7 Bordetella pertussis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.8 Breast abscess
Dr. Jennifer Tomlins & Simon Tiberi
4.9 Bronchiectasis
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.10 Bronchitis
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.11 Brucellosis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.12 Candiduria
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.13 Cardiac Implanted Device associated infections
Dr. Julian Rycroft & Simon Tiberi
4.14 Chlamydia Trachomatis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.15 Cholangitis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.16 Deep Neck Space Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.17 Empyema
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.18 Encephalitis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.19 Endocarditis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.20 Neisseria Gonorrhea
Dr. Anda Samson
4.21 Hepatitis A
Dr. Anda Samson
4.22 Hepatitis B
Dr. Anda Samson
4.23 Hepatitis C
Dr. Anda Samson
4.24 Hepatitis E
Dr. Anda Samson
4.25 Histoplasmosis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.26 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Opportunistic Infections
Dr. Anda Samson
4.27 Infections in haematopoietic stem cell transplants
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.28 Infections in the ICU
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.29 Infectious Diarrhoea
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.30 Influenza
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.31 Intra-abdominal infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.32 Invasive Candidiasis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.33 Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.34 Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.35 Keratitis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.36 Lung abscess
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.37 Measles
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.38 Meningitis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.39 Near Drowning associated pneumonia
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.40 Neutropaenic sepsis
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.41 Non-resolving Pneumonia
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.42 Norovirus
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.43 Onychomycosis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.44 Osteomyelitis
Dr. Caryn Rosmarin
4.45 Otitis Externa
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.46 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.47 Perianal abscess
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.48 Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) in patients with a haematological malignancy or solid-organ transplant
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.49 Pneumonia (CAP, HAP and VAP)
Dr. Patrick Lillie
4.50 Post Exposure prophylaxis for Healthcare Workers exposed to bloodborne viruses
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.51 Post-operative infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.52 Prosthetic Joint Infection
Dr. Devan Vaghela & Dr. Simon Tiberi
4.53 Protatitis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.54 Pyomyositis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.55 Ringworm
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.56 Salmonella carriage
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.57 Septic arthritis
Dr. Caryn Rosmarin
4.58 Septic bursitis
Dr. Caryn Rosmarin
4.59 Splenectomy from prophylaxis to treatment
Dr. Anda Samson
4.60 The immunocompromised patient
Dr. Anda Samson
4.61 Typhoid Fever
Dr. Julian Rycroft
4.62 Urinary Tract Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
4.63 Uveitis
Dr. Anda Samson
4.64 Varicella Zoster
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Section 5 Difficult to treat organisms
5.1 AmpC, Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase and Carbapenemase producers
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.2 Acinetobacter baumannii
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.3 Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.5 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.6 Staphylococcus aureus
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.7 Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.8 Helicobacter pylori
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.9 Clostridioides difficile
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5.10 Actinomycosis
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
5. 11 Nocardia
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
Section 6 Appendix
6.1 Syndromic Approach to Infections
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
6.2 Specimen collection
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
6.3 Spectrum of Activity of Antibiotics
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
6.4 Doses of common antimicrobials
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
6.5 Pathogen Specific Infection Control Precautions
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
6.6 Pillars of Infection Control
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
6.7 Transmission based Precautions
Dr. Firza Gronthoud
