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Infection management for geriatrics in long-term care facilities / edited by Thomas T. Yoshikawa, Joseph G. Ouslander.
LIBRA RC954.3 .I52 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing home residents--Diseases.
- Nursing home residents.
- Communicable diseases in old age.
- Infection Control.
- Nursing Homes.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Aged.
- Homes for the Aged.
- Long-Term Care.
- Long-Term Care--methods.
- Diseases.
- Medical Subjects:
- Infection Control.
- Nursing Homes.
- Communicable Diseases.
- Aged.
- Homes for the Aged.
- Long-Term Care.
- Long-Term Care--methods.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Marcel Dekker, [2002]
- Contents:
- I. Principles of Aging, Long-Term Care, and Infection
- 1. Demographics and Economics of Long-Term Care / A. Jefferson Lesesne, Joseph G. Ouslander 1
- 2. Evaluation of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities Versus Acute Care Hospitals / Andrew D. Weinberg 15
- 3. Epidemiology and Special Aspects of Infectious Diseases in Aging / Thomas T. Yoshikawa 27
- 4. Impact of Age and Chronic Illness-Related Immune Dysfunction on Risk of Infections / Steven C. Castle 33
- 5. Nutrition and Infection / Kevin P. High 51
- 6. Clinical Manifestations of Infections / Dean C. Norman 71
- 7. Ethical Issues of Infectious Disease Interventions / Elizabeth L. Cobbs 79
- 8. Nursing Management of Infections / Donna L. Barton, Janet D. Register 99
- 9. Establishing an Infection Control Program / Janet Nau Franck, Elizabeth Owens Schwab, David W. Bentley 115
- 10. Epidemiologic Investigation of Infectious Disease Outbreaks / Chesley L. Richards, Jr., William R. Jarvis 133
- 11. An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy / Shobita Rajagopalan, Jay P. Rho, Thomas T. Yoshikawa 155
- II. Special Infectious Disease Problems
- 12. Urinary Tract Infection / Lindsay E. Nicolle 173
- 13. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses / Ghinwa Dumyati, Ann R. Falsey 197
- 14. Pneumonia and Bronchitis / Joseph M. Mylotte 223
- 15. Tuberculosis / Shobita Rajagopalan 245
- 16. Infected Pressure Ulcers / Nigel Livesley, Anthony W. Chow 257
- 17. Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies / Kenneth Schmader, Jack Twersky 283
- 18. Infectious Diarrhea / Abbasi J. Akhtar 305
- 19. Hepatitis / Darrell W. Harrington, Peter V. Barrett 313
- 20. Vaccinations / Stefan Gravenstein 337
- III. Emerging and Drug-Resistant Pathogens
- 21. Pathogenesis and Molecular Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance / Robert A. Bonomo 363
- 22. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Larry J. Strausbaugh 383
- 23. Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)-Resistant Enterococci / Lona Mody, Shelly A. McNeil, Suzanne F. Bradley 411
- 24. Gram-Negative Bacteria / Vinod K. Dhawan 429
- 25. Candida and Other Fungi / Carol A. Kauffman, Sara A. Hedderwick 449
- Appendix A Definitions of Common Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities 473
- Appendix B Guide to Evaluating Fever and Infection in a Long-Term Care Setting 477.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824707842
- OCLC:
- 49895227
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