Description
Book SynopsisSurgical Infections provides a comprehensive, practical and timely review of latest best practice in the prevention and management of infection in the surgical patient.
This highly illustrated text covers the full range of infections that pose such a challenge in the care of patients undergoing a surgical procedure. From community-acquired infections to nosocomial infections at anatomic sites remote from the operation, the book provides authoritative guidance on how to identify and manage infectious complications in surgical care.
The book opens with a summary of relevant basic science before discussing infections by body region, by system and by pathogen. Each highly focussed chapter is written by a leader in the field and covers relevant pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
- Provides a definitive ‘go to’ reference for trainees and practicing surgeons, as well as internists and infectious disease physicians
- Covers essential basic science and the latest diagnostic and management techniques
- Arranged by anatomic site, body system, and causative agent as appropriate, with chapters devoted to particularly complex issues such as surgical site and hospital-acquired infections
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Microbiology of surgical pathogens
2 Antimicrobial agents
3 Surgical immunology
4 Surgical site infection
5 Skin, skin structure, and soft tissue infections
6 Intra-abdominal infection
7 Perirectal abscesses and pilonidal abscess
8 Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia
9 Postoperative urinary tract infection
10 Catheter-related bloodstream infections
11 Clostridium difficile infection
12 Burn wound infection
13 Fungal infections of surgical significance
14 Viral infections of surgical significance
15 Cardiothoracic surgical infections
16 Head-neck infections
17 Vascular surgical site infection
18 Urologic infections
19 Bone and joint infections
20 Obstetric and gynecologic infections
21 Necrotizing enterocolitis
22 Postoperative infections of the central nervous system
23 Bioterrorism
24 Microbial translocation, gut origin sepsis, probiotics, prebiotics, selective gut decontamination
25 Sepsis: systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction
