INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

By M. JORID

CONTENTS PART I CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF INFECTIONS AND AGING EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AGING AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES FACTORS PREDISPOSING TO INFECTION CLINICAL FEATURES OF INFECTION ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT IN INFECTIONS PRINCIPLES OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY PART II COMMON INFECTIONS SEPSIS BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA TUBERCULOSIS IN OLDER ADULTS INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA URINARY TRACT INFECTION BACTERIAL MENINGITIS AND BRAIN ABSCESS OSTEOMYELITIS AND SEPTIC ARTHRITIS SKIN AND SOFT TISSUES INFECTIONS HERPES ZOSTER OROFACIAL AND ODONTOGENIC INFECTIONS IN THE ELDERLY OCULAR INFECTIONS OTITIS EXTERNA, OTITIS MEDIA, AND SINUSITIS PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTIONS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS STAPHYLOCOCCAL AND ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTIONS FUNGAL INFECTIONS VIRAL INFECTIONS PART III UNIQUE INFECTIOUS DESEASE PROBLEMS INFECTIONS IN THE LONG-TERM CARE SETTING INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAMS IN NURSING HOMES INFECTIONS IN DIABETICS VACCINATIONS NUTRITION AND INFECTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES HUMAN IMMUNODE? CIENCY VIRUS/ACQUIRED IMMUNODE? CIENCY SYNDROME SARS AND WEST NILE VIRUS