MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE DRUG-RESISTANT INFECTIONS

A comprehensive and cutting-edge review of how practicing physicians can best treat multiple drug resistance in bacterial, viral, protozoal, and helminthic infections. The authors focus on the major hospital and community-acquired pathogens, including S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, Enterococcus, Acinetobacter, and M. tuberculosis, and on the management of such common problems as multiple drug-resistant urinary tract infections and gonorrhea. Among the resistant tropical organisms covered are Salmonella typhi, malaria, and Burkholderia pseudomalei. Resistance to such important antiviral classes as antiretrovirals and anticytomegalovirals is also discussed, as are those measures necessary to prevent the spread of infections patients. Part I: Gram-Positive BacteriaManagement of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniaeEric L. Nuermberger and William R. BishaiManagement of Meningitis Caused by Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniaeP. Fernandez ViladrichEmerging Resistance to Vancomycin, Rifampin, and Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniaeJoseph M. BlondeauManagement of Glycopeptide-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus InfectionsA. Peter R. WilsonInfections Caused by Glycopeptide-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria Excluding StaphylococciArmine SeftonIsolation Policies and the Hospital Management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Case of Evidence-Free Medicine?Sheldon P. StonePart II: Gram-Negative PathogensThe Management of Resistant Acinetobacter Infections in the Intensive Therapy UnitNicola Baker and Peter HawkeyDrug-Resistant Helicobacter pyloriPeter J. JenksThe Management of Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeaeCatherine A. Ison and Jonathan RossManagement of Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Multiresistant OrganismsJeremy M. T. Hamilton-MillerManagement of Multiple Drug-Resistant Salmonella InfectionsChristopher M. ParryManagement of MelioidosisAndrew J. H. SimpsonPart III: MycobacteriaThe Molecular Epidemiology of MDR-TBPaul D. van Helden, Robin M. Warren, Pieter Uys, Gian D. van der Spuy, and Thomas C. VictorThe Management of Multiple Drug-Resistant TuberculosisSanjay Bhagani and Marc LipmanManagement of Infection With Nontuberculosis MycobacteriaStephen H. GillespiePart IV: Fungal and Parasitic InfectionsManagement of Resistant Candida InfectionsSanya Clements and Christopher C. KibblerManagement ofInfection With Naturally Amphotericin B-Resistant FungiThean Yen Tan and Rosemary A. BarnesManagement of Multiple Drug-Resistant MalariaElizabeth Ashley and Francois NostenSchistosome Drug Resistance: PraziquantelMichael J. Doenhoff and Katherine Wheatcroft-FrancklowPart V. Viral InfectionsManagement of HIV Drug-Resistant InfectionsDeenan PillayMultidrug Resistance in Human CytomegalovirusVincent C. Emery, Mohammad Raza Naqvee, and Anuradha ChawlaIndex