65 Infections of the Oral Cavity, Neck, and Head Anthony W. Chow Keywords cervical fascia; dental; head and neck; infections; lateral pharyngeal; Lemierre syndrome; Ludwig’s angina; odontogenic; oral; osteoradionecrosis; retropharyngeal…
34 Quinolones David C. Hooper, Jacob Strahilevitz Keywords adverse effects; ciprofloxacin; gastrointestinal infection; gatifloxacin; gemifloxacin; genitourinary infection; levofloxacin; moxifloxacin; norfloxacin; ofloxacin; osteoarticular infection; quinolones; resistance; respiratory infection; skin infection; topoisomerases…
137 Introduction to Herpesviridae Jeffrey I. Cohen * Keywords chickenpox; cytomegalovirus; Epstein-Barr virus; herpes simplex; human herpesviruses 6, 7, and 8 (HHV-6, HHV-7, HHV-8); Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus; shingles; varicella-zoster Although…
252 Mycobacterium leprae (Leprosy) Cybèle A. Renault, Joel D. Ernst Keywords bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG); cell-mediated immunity; dapsone resistance; genetic susceptibility; hypopigmentation; leprosy reactions; multidrug therapy; Mycobacterium leprae; neuropathy; rehabilitation Short…
236 Bartonella, Including Cat-Scratch Disease Tejal N. Gandhi, Leonard N. Slater, David F. Welch, Jane E. Koehler Keywords bacillary angiomatosis; Bartonella; Bartonella henselae; Bartonella quintana; cat-scratch disease; cats; encephalopathy; endocarditis;…
40 Antimalarial Drugs James S. McCarthy, Richard N. Price Keywords amodiaquine; artemether; artemisinin; artesunate; atovaquone; chloroquine; clindamycin; dihydroartemisinin; doxycycline; lumefantrine; mefloquine; primaquine; proguanil; pyrimethamine; sulfadoxine; tafenoquine Short View Summary •…
246 Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) Aimee Hodowanec, Thomas P. Bleck Keywords anaerobic infection; clostridial infections; human tetanus immune globulin (HTIG); muscle spasm; neonatal tetanus; Td vaccine; Tdap vaccine; tetanus; toxin; wound…
316 Infections in Asplenic Patients Janet R. Gilsdorf Keywords asplenia; Babesia; Capnocytophaga; hyposplenia; hyposplenism; malaria; marginal zone; meningococcus; patient education; pneumococcus; postsplenectomy infection; postsplenectomy sepsis; purpura; red pulp; sepsis; spleen;…
256 Agents of Actinomycosis Thomas A. Russo Keywords Actinomyces; actinomycosis; bisphosphonate-associated infection; companion organisms; filamentous rods; intrauterine device–associated infection; malignancy mimic; relapsing infection; sinus tract; sulfur granule Short View Summary…
83 Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Raj Palraj, Bettina M. Knoll, Larry M. Baddour, Walter R. Wilson Keywords antimicrobial therapy; blood culture; culture-negative endocarditis; echocardiography; emboli; endocarditis; enterococcal infections; fungal endocarditis; HACEK…
