Respiratory Infections-2판(2001)

New edition of a text that discusses respiratory infections from
a clinical perspective rather than an organism-directed one.
Niederman (medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine
Health Sciences Center), George A. Sarosi (medicine, Indiana U.)
and Jeffrey Glassroth (medicine, U. of Wisconsin) present 45
contributions that start with a scientific review of infection
pathogenesis from both a host and organism perspective. The
clinical core section addresses specific risk groups and
specific pathogens for lung infection in each group, with a
focus on diagnosis and therapy for the patient and the set of
clinical and epidemiologic circumstances at hand. Issues that
apply to all patients (handling of laboratory samples, the use
of new antimicrobial agents, and the benefits of available
preventive approaches) comprise the final chapters