Research Catalog

Title

Respiratory infections : a scientific basis for management / Michael S. Niederman, George A. Sarosi, Jeffrey Glassroth.

Author

Niederman, Michael S.

Publication

Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1994], ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Glassroth, Jeffrey.
• Sarosi, George A.

Description

xix, 657 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Respiratory infections
• Respiratory Tract Infections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. The Host Defense Network of the Lungs: An Overview / Richard M. Rose -- Ch. 2. Nonspecific Host Defenses: Mucociliary Clearance and Cough / Matthias Salathe and Adam Wanner -- Ch. 3. Humoral Immunity in the Lung: Expression and Therapeutic Manipulation / William Merrill -- Ch. 4. Pathogenesis of Airway Colonization / Reuben Ramphal -- Ch. 5. Host Impairments in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / Gary A. Noskin and John P. Phair -- Ch. 6. Nutrition and Infection / Susan K. Pingleton and Michael S. Niederman -- Ch. 7. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, Otitis Media, and Epiglottitis / David M. Bamberger and Mary Anne Jackson -- Ch. 8. Bronchitis and Acute Febrile Tracheobronchitis / Richard S. Kronenberg and David E. Griffith -- Ch. 9. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections of Infants and Children / Gordon E. Schutze and Richard F. Jacobs -- Ch. 10. Nosocomial Pneumonia in Children / Richard F. Jacobs -- Ch. 11. Community-Acquired Pneumonia / Thomas J. Marrie.
• Ch. 12. Nosocomial Pneumonia Outside the Intensive Care Unit / Anthony R. Dal Nogare -- Ch. 13. Nosocomial Pneumonia in Critically Ill and Mechanically Ventilated Patients / Donald E. Craven, Kathleen A. Steger and Robert A. Duncan -- Ch. 14. Immunocompromised Patients / M. Patricia Rivera, Kethy M. Jules-Elysee, Diane E. Stover and Neil A. Ettinger -- Ch. 15. Respiratory Infections in Persons Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Joel E. Gallant and Richard E. Chaisson -- Ch. 16. Mimics of Infectious Pneumonia in Persons Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Jeanne Marie Wallace -- Ch. 17. Nosocomial Pneumonia in Surgical Patients / Mitchell P. Fink -- Ch. 18. Approach to Pneumonia in the Elderly Nursing Home Patient / Michael S. Niederman -- Ch. 19. Respiratory Tract Infections Among the Economically Disadvantaged / Edward A. Nardell -- Ch. 20. Cystic Fibrosis and Respiratory Infections / Robert B. Fick, Jr., Richard C. Ahrens and Wendy Colin.
• Ch. 21. Pneumonia and Empyema / John E. Heffner -- Ch. 22. Nonresolving, Slowly Resolving, and Recurrent Pneumonia / Steven H. Feinsilver, Alan M. Fein and Michael S. Niederman -- Ch. 23. Lung Abscess and Other Subacute Pulmonary Infections / Eugene F. Geppert -- Ch. 24. Pneumococcal Pneumonia / Scott F. Davies -- Ch. 25. Haemophilus influenzae as a Cause of Acute Tracheobronchitis or Pneumonia / Daniel M. Musher -- Ch. 26. Legionella / Robert R. Muder and Victor L. Yu -- Ch. 27. Atypical Pneumonia / Stephen B. Greenberg and Robert L. Atmar -- Ch. 28. Anaerobic Pleuropulmonary Infections: Aspiration, Pneumonia, Abscess, and Empyema / Jeffrey K. Griffiths and David R. Snydman -- Ch. 29. Community-Acquired Gram-Negative Pneumonias / Hoi Ho and Abraham Verghese -- Ch. 30. Pseudomonal Infections of the Lung / Marc M. Dunn -- Ch. 31. Group B Streptococcal and Other Nonpneumococcal Streptococcal Pneumonia / Steven L. Berk.
• Ch. 32. Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis Pneumonia / James Myers and Steven L. Berk -- Ch. 33. Fungal Diseases of the Lung / Philip C. Johnson, Scott F. Davies and George A. Sarosi -- Ch. 34. Nocardiosis / Gregory A. Filice -- Ch. 35. Actinomycosis / Gregory A. Filice -- Ch. 36. Pneumonic Forms of Bacterial Zoonosis: Plague, Anthrax, and Tularemia / Richard J. Wallace, Jr. -- Ch. 37. Pneumocystis carinii / Paul E. Zimmerman and William J. Martin II -- Ch. 38. Tuberculosis / Jeffrey Glassroth -- Ch. 39. Mycobacteria Other Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Richard J. Wallace, Jr. -- Ch. 40. Viral Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults / Thomas R. Cate -- Ch. 41. An Approach to Diagnostic Methods / Gregory P. Thompson and Glenn D. Roberts -- Ch. 42. Invasive Techniques for the Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections / Robert M. Middleton, Michael B. Kirkpatrick and John B. Bass, Jr. -- Ch. 43. Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Respiratory Infection / Steven W. Sonnesyn and Dale N. Gerding.
• Ch. 44. Inhaled Antibiotics / Jonathan S. Ilowite -- Ch. 45. Adjunctive Measures in the Treatment of Respiratory Infections / Mark J. Rosen and Robert J. Glennon -- Ch. 46. New Therapeutic Strategies for Sepsis and Pneumonia / Steven Nelson and Warren R. Summer -- Ch. 47. Infection Control Methods / Janis Wiener and Robert A. Weinstein -- Ch. 48. Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections in Intensive Care by Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract / Christiaan P. Stoutenbeek, Hendrik K. F. Van Saene and Alexandro Liberati -- Ch. 49. Prevention of Pneumococcal and Influenza Infections / Michael S. Simberkoff and Mariam Esat -- Ch. 50. Preventive Interventions for Persons Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Peter T. Frame and Michael N. Dohn -- Ch. 51. Chronic Bronchitis: Role of Antibiotics / Carlos M. Isada and James K. Stoller.

ISBN

0721643477

LCCN

93035615

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries