Preface; 1. Historical Notes; 2. Infectious Diseases: An Overview; Part I: Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases; 3. Pathophysiology of Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases; 4. Pathophysiology of Viruses and Viral Diseases; 5. Introduction to Parasitic Protozoa and Helminths; 6. Introduction to Fungi and Fungal Diseases; 7. Epidemiology of Clinical Infectious Diseases; 8. Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases in Health Care Facilities; 9. Host Responses to Infection: Fever, Hyperthermia and Hypothermia; 10. Host Responses to Infection: The Acute Inflammatory Response; 11. Host Responses to Infection: The Specific Immune Response; Part II: Diagnostic Methods in Infectious Disease; 12. Modern Imaging Techniques in Infectious Disease; 13. Hematologic Alterations in Infectious Disease Patients; 14. Metabolic and Endocrine Alterations in Infectious Disease Patients; 15. Specimen Management and Rapid Detection of Infectious Agents; 16. Clinical Bacteriology; 17. Clinical Virology; 18. Clinical Mycology; 19. Clinical Parasitology; 20. Rickettsia and Chlamydia; Part III: Anti-Microbial Drugs: Principles and Usage; 21. Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Action and Resistance; 22. Pharmacology of Antimicrobials; 23. Antimicrobial Toxicities and Drug Interaction; 24. Selection of Antimicrobials for Treatment; 25. OPutpatient Parenteral Therapy of Serious Infections; 26. Control of Antimicrobial Usage; 27. Penicillins; 28. Cephalosporins; 29. Other Beta-Lactam Antibiotics: Penems and Carpapenems, Monobactums; 30. Aminoglycosides; 31. Glygopeptides; 32. Macrolides/Clindamycin; 33. Tertracyclines, Chloramphenicol; 34. Fluoroquinolones; 35. Sulfanomiodes and Trimethoprim; 36. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs; 37. Antimycobacterial Drugs; 38. Antimicrobial Therapy for Bacterial Diseases; 39. Antiviral Drugs and Therapy; 40. Antiparasitic Drugs and Therapy; 41. Antifungal Drugs; 42. Selection of Antifungal Drugs for Deep Mycoses; Part IV: Vaccines and Immunomodulatory Agents; 43. Principles of Vaccine development and Immunoprophylaxis; 44. Passive Immunoprophylaxis and Treatment; 45. Specific Vaccines; 46. Growth Factores, Immunomodulators and Cytokines; Part V: Infectious Disease Syndromes; 47. Approach to the Patient with Fever: Acute Febrile Illness; 48. Fever in Hospitalized Patients; 49. Fever of Unknown Origin; 50. Bacteremia, Sepsis, and Septic Shock; 51. Infections with Rash; 52. Cellulitis and Abscesses; 53. Infectious Diseases with Lymphadenopathy or Lymphadenitis; 54. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections; 55. Bronchitis and Bronchiectasis; 56. Acute Pneumonia; 57. Cavitary Pumonary Disease; 58. Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrates and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS); 59. Plewuris and Empyema; 60. Intraoral Infections; 61. Diarrhea and Gastroenteritis; 62. Hepatitis; 63. Pyogenic Biliary Tract and Hepatic Infections; 64. Infectious Complications of Pancreatitis; 65. Peritonitis and Intra-abdominal Abscesses; 66. Infective Endocarditis; 67. Intravenous Catheter-related Infections, Suppurative Thrombophlebitis and Mycotic Aneurysms: Diagnosis, Risk Factors, and Management; 68. Myocarditis, Pericarditis; 69. Acute and Chronic Urinary Tract Infections; 70. Gential Ulcer Disease and Syphilis; 71. Urethritis, Epididyimitis, Orchitis, Prostatitis; 72. Vulvovaginitis, Cervicitis, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID); 73. Meningitis; 74. Encephalitis; 75. Infections Associated with Myelopathy, Radiculopathy, and Neuropathy; 76. Focal Central Nervous System Infections; 77. Ocular and Periocular Infections; 78. Osteomyelitis; 79. Infectious and Post-Infectious Arthritis; 80. Myositis and Fasciitis; 81. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Part VI: Infections in Special Pateint/Risk Groups; 82. Post-Surgical Wouond Infections; 83. Burn Infections; 84. Infections Complicating Traumatic Injury; 85. Prosthetic Device Infections; 86. Infection in the Immunodeficient Patient; 87. Infection in the Organ Transplant Recipient; 88. Infection in the Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient; 89. Infection in the Malnourished Patient; 90. Intravenous Drug Abuse and Infection; 91. Alcohol Abuse, Host Defenses and Infection; 92. Fever in Travelers to Tropical Countries; 93. Diarrhea in Travelers to Tropical Countries; 94. Eosinophilia in Travelers to Tropical Countries; 95. Infections after Animal Bites and Scratches; 96. Ectoparasite-Related Infections; Part VII: HIV Infection and AIDS; 97. Epidemiology and Prevention; 98. Pathogenesis: Molecular Biology and Virology of HIV; 99. Immunology; 100. Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infections and AIDS; 101. Antiretrovial Therapy; 102. Therapy of Opportunistic Infections; 103. Vaccines
