Infectious Disease in the Aging A Clinical Handbook /
Because aging is accompanied by a steady decline in resistance to infectious diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in the elderly is not only much more complex, but also often quite different from that for younger patients. In Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook, 2...
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| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Infectious Disease
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-534-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Concepts and Principles of Infections and Aging
- Epidemiology of aging and infectious diseases
- Factors predisposing to Infection
- Clinical features of infections
- Role and importance of functional assessment in infections
- Principles of antimicrobial therapy
- Common Infections
- Sepsis
- Bronchitis and pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Infective endocarditis
- Intraabdominal infections
- Infectious diarrhea (Note: will include D. difficile and norovirus)
- Urinary tract infection
- Bacterial meningitis and brain abscess
- Osteomyelits and septic arthritis
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Herpes zoster
- Orofacial and odontogenic infections
- Ocular infections
- Otitis externa, otitis media and sinusitis
- Prosthetic device infections
- Staphylococcal and enterococcal infections
- Fungal infections
- Viral infections
- Special or Unique Infectious Disease Problems
- Infections in long-term care setting
- Infection control in long-term care setting
- Infection in diabetics
- Vaccinations
- Nutrition and infection
- Sexually transmitted diseases (excluding HIV/AIDS)
- Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus infection.