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Advances in the Prevention and Management of Device-Associated Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 38-4 - October 21, 2024
- Editor: Vivian H Chu
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 7 0 8 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 7 0 9 - 0
In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Vivian H. Chu brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in the Prevention and Manag… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Vivian H. Chu brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in the Prevention and Management of Device-Related Infections. Top experts in the field review provide a contemporary summary of the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the most common device-related infections. State-of-the-art coverage includes transcatheter aortic valve implant infections, cochlear implant infections, contact lens-related infections, the role of meta-genomic sequencing in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections, and more.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including vascular graft infections; cardiovascular implantable electronic device-associated infections; prosthetic joint infections; breast implant infections; urinary catheter-associated infections; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the prevention and management of device-related infections, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Infectious Diseases
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Intravascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Contemporary Issues Related to a Persistent Problem
- Key points
- Introduction and significance
- Where are we now?
- Clinics care points
- Vascular Graft Infections: Updates on a Challenging Problem
- Key points
- Introduction and epidemiology
- Microbiology
- Risk factors
- Clinical classification
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Prevention
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Contemporary Review
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Risk factors
- Microbiology
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnosis and testing
- Management
- Prevention
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Infections in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Key points
- Introduction
- New mechanical circulatory support infection definitions
- Percutaneous lead infections
- Vascular cannula site and complicated vascular cannula/sheath/graft infections
- Infection of the external surfaces of an implantable component
- Bloodstream infection
- Device endocarditis
- Consequences of mechanical circulatory support infections
- Device exchange considerations
- Heart transplantation in patients with mechanical circulatory support–specific infections
- Areas for future research
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Urinary Catheter-Associated Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Diagnosis: what is a catheter-associated urinary tract infection?
- Pathogenesis
- Epidemiology of catheter-associated urinary tract infection
- Surveillance
- Prevention
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Periprosthetic Joint Infection: What’s New?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of periprosthetic joint infection
- Factors associated with periprosthetic joint infection
- Periprosthetic joint infection prevention
- Periprosthetic joint infection classification
- Periprosthetic joint infection microbiology
- Periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis
- Periprosthetic joint infection surgical management
- Periprosthetic joint infection antimicrobial management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections
- Key points
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology
- Clinical care of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection
- Current research on prevention and treatment
- Current research on mechanism of infection
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Cochlear Implant Infections
- Key points
- Cochlear implant overview
- Cochlear implant candidacy
- Infectious considerations with cochlear implants
- Cochlear implant-related infections
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Contact Lens-Related Corneal Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Contact lens-related microbial keratitis: general information
- Contact lens-related bacterial keratitis
- Contact lens-related fungal keratitis
- Contact lens-related acanthamoeba keratitis
- Future developments
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- State-of-the-Art Metagenomic Sequencing and Its Role in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infections
- Key points
- Introduction
- Molecular diagnostic approaches for periprosthetic joint infections
- The limitations and challenges of metagenomic shotgun sequencing in periprosthetic joint infections
- Clinical utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in periprosthetic joint infection
- Choosing the right sample: considerations for metagenomic next-generation sequencing in periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis
- Antimicrobial resistance detection with metagenomic sequencing
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 38-4
- Published: October 21, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443297083
- eBook ISBN: 9780443297090