NURSING IN THE ACUTE INFECTIOUS FEVERS

By CHARLES RAMIREZ

CONTENTS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS PART I SIGNI?CANT PATHOGENS ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AMONG EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA TUBERCULOSIS COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED VIRAL INFECTIONS IN?UENZA INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS PART II EVIDENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND ACUTE BRONCHITIS PNEUMONIA URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT INFECTIONS ENDOCARDITIS INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM UNCOMPLICATED SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS HUMAN IMMUNODE?CIENCY VIRUS (HIV): ACQUIRED IMMUNE DE?CIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) PART III SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL ANTIMICROBIAL USE INFECTIONS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST FUTURE TRENDS IN ANTIMICROBIAL USE