Cheston B. Cunha is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. He is also Medical Director of the Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Associate Program Director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Brown University. Dr. Cunha's clinical and research interests include general infectious diseases, antimicrobial therapy and stewardship, ancient plagues, and fever of unknown origin (FUO).

Without doubt, this is a scholarly and detailed but clinically focussed textbook which is highly relevant to clinical practice. There is a substantial array of contributors, mainly from the United States though there are representatives from some other countries. I found this book readable, informative and interesting and can be used as a reference book but also it was interesting enough to simply open it and read at random. I am sure an infectious disease team would enjoy having access to this book.

• PrefaceContributors Section 1 - Clinical syndromes: General 1 Fever of unknown originCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 2 SepsisLeeja Joseph and Rodger D. MacArthur 3 Chronic fatigue syndromeStephen J. Gluckman Section 2 - Clinical syndromes: Head and neck 4 PharyngotonsillitisItzhak Brook 5 Infectious thyroiditisJeanne Carey and Stephen G. Baum 6 OtitisStephen I. Pelton 7 SinusitisRachel Kominsky and Todd Otteson 8 Dental infectionsJessica Moskovitz, Bridget Hathaway, Jennifer Rubin Grandis, and Jonas T. Johnson 9 Salivary and lacrimal gland infectionsAlexandre Malek, Johny Fares, and Issam Raad 10 Deep neck infectionsJeremy D. Gradon Section 3 - Clinical syndromes: Eye 11 ConjunctivitisElmer Y. Tu 12 KeratitisElmer Y. Tu, Francis S. Mah, and Jules Baum 13 IritisAlice Lorch and Ann-Marie Lobo 14 RetinitisHillary C. Stiefel and Daniel M. Albert 15 EndophthalmitisRoy D. Brod, Harry W. Flynn, Jr., and Lili G. Kaplan 16 Periocular/Retro-orbital infectionsMiriam Barshak and Marlene L. Durand Section 4 - Clinical syndromes: Skin and lymph nodes 17 Fever and rashJohn W. Sensacovic and Leon G. Smith 18 Toxic shock syndrome and Kawasaki diseaseEvangelia M. Assimacopoulos, Aristides P. Assimacopoulos, Wilmara Salgado-Pabón, and Patrick M. Schlievert 19 Viral exanthemsRomina Bromberg, Michael Thompson, Lisa M. Chirch, and Jane M. Grant-Kels 20 Skin ulcersJoanne T. Maffei 21 Cellulitis and erysipelasKatherine S. Glaser and Kenneth J. Tomecki 22 Deep soft-tissue infection: Necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangreneStephen Ash and Louis E. Kennedy 23 Human and animal bitesEllie J. C. Goldstein and F. Abrahamian 24 Lice, scabies, and myiasisCharlotte Bernigaud, Gentiane Monsel, and Olivier Chosidow 25 Tungiasis and bed bugsTania F. Cestari and Simone Pessato 26 Superficial fungal infection of skin and nailsEvelyn K. Koestenblatt and Jeffrey M. Weinberg 27 EumycetomaNcoza C. Dlova, Anisa Mosam, and Antoinette Chateau 28 Lymphadenopathy/LymphadenitisGerald Friedland and Sheela Shenoi Section 5 - Clinical syndromes: Respiratory tract 29 BronchitisPhillippa Poole and Mark Hobbs 30 Croup, supraglottitis, and laryngitisIrmgrad Behlau 31 Atypical pneumoniaThomas M. File, Jr. 32 Community-acquired pneumoniaKeyur S. Vyas 33 Nosocomial pneumoniaCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 34 Aspiration pneumoniaJean Gibb and Matthew Bidwell Goetz 35 Lung abscessAmee Patrawalla and Lisa L. Dever 36 Empyema and bronchopleural fistulaCharlotte E. Bolton and Dennis J. Shale Section 6 - Clinical syndromes: Heart and blood vessels 37 EndocarditisJohn L. Brusch 38 Acute pericarditisRichard A. Martinello and Michael Cappello 39 MyocarditisLori Blauwet and Andrew Rosenbaum 40 MediastinitisRavi Karra and Keith S. Kaye 41 Vascular infectionSusan E. Beekmann and David K. Henderson 42 Infections of cardiovascular implantable devicesM. Rizwan Sohail, Daniel C. DeSimone, and James M. Steckelberg Section 7 - Clinical syndromes: Gastrointestinal tract, liver, and abdomen 43 Acute viral hepatitisKalyan Ram Bhamidimarri and Paul Martin 44 Chronic viral hepatitisMichelle E. Freshman and Lawrence S. Friedman 45 Biliary infection: Cholecystitis, cholangitisRaghav Chandra and Robert V. Rege 46 Pyogenic liver abscessPatricia Wong and H. Franklin Herlong 47 Infectious complications in acute pancreatitisJodie A. Barkin and Jamie S. Barkin 48 Esophageal infectionsUni Wong and Jean-Pierre Raufman 49 GastroenteritisDouglas R. Morgan, Vivian Chidi, and Robert L. Owen 50 Food poisoningCarly R. Davis and Andrew T. Pavia 51 Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficileCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 52 Sexually transmitted enteric infectionsThomas C. Quinn 53 Acute appendicitisBian Wu and John Maa 54 DiverticulitisMatthew D. Zelhart and Ronald L. Nichols 55 Abdominal abscessK. Shad Pharaon and Donald D. Trunkey 56 Splenic abscessWalter Dehority and Thomas R. Howdieshell 57 PeritonitisLinda A. Slavoski and Matthew E. Levison 58 Whipple's disease and sprueAmirkaveh Mojtahed and Payam Afshar Section 8 - Clinical syndromes: Genitourinary tract 59 Urethritis and dysuriaGeorge Pappas, Ioannis A. Bliziotis, and Matthew E. Falagas 60 Vaginitis and cervicitisSebastian Faro 61 Epididymo-orchitisRebecca Fallis and Daniel Mueller 62 Genital ulcer adenopathy syndromeAllan Ronald 63 ProstatitisCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 64 Pelvic inflammatory diseaseWilliam J. Ledger 65 Urinary tract infectionPeter Liu, Keith W. Hamilton, and Judith A. O'Donnell 66 CandiduriaJack D. Sobel 67 Focal renal infections and papillary necrosisAnn F. Fisher and Louise M. Dembry Section 9 - Clinical syndromes: Musculoskeletal system 68 Infection of native and prosthetic jointsShahbaz Hasan and James W. Smith 69 BursitisRichard H. Parker 70 Acute and chronic osteomyelitisIlona Kronig, Pierre Vaudaux, Domizio Suvà, Daniel Lew, and Ilker Uçkay 71 PolyarthritisKathryn H. Dao and John J. Cush 72 Infectious polymyositisShanthi Kappagoda and Upinder Singh 73 Iliopsoas abscessLarson Erb and Pamela A. Lipsett Section 10 - Clinical syndromes: Neurologic system 74 Bacterial meningitisJennie E. Johnson and Allan R. Tunkel 75 Aseptic meningitisBurt R. Meyers and Dalilah Restrepo 76 Viral encephalitisJohn J. Halperin and David N. Irani 77 Intracranial suppurationBrian Wispelwey and Christopher J. Arnold 78 Spinal epidural abscessMark J. DiNubile 79 Myelitis and peripheral neuropathyRohini Samudralwar and Rodrigo Hasbun 80 Reye syndromeDebra L. Weiner and Amy Kritzer 81 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyChristopher M. Perrone and Joseph R. Berger 82 Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infectionElisabeth E. Adderson and Patricia M. Flynn Section 11 - The susceptible host 83 Evaluation of suspected immunodeficiencyThomas A. Fleisher and Sergio D. Rosenzweig 84 Infection in the neutropenic patientEric Holaday, Aaron Mishkin, and Rafik Samuel 85 Infections in patients with neoplastic diseaseAmar Safdar and Donald Armstrong 86 Corticosteroids, cytotoxic agentsBabafemi Taiwo and Hannah Nam 87 BiologicsRebecca A. Ward, Pritha Sen, and Jatin M. Vyas 88 Infection in transplant patientsRaymund R. Razonable 89 Diabetes and infectionSylvia J. Shaw and Raza Iqbal 90 Infectious complications in the injection and non-injection drug userCarlo Contoreggi 91 Infection in the alcoholicLaurel C. Preheim and Manasa Velagapudi 92 Infection in the elderlyKent Crossley 93 Neonatal infectionPatrick G. Gallagher and Robert S. Baltimore 94 Pregnancy and the puerperium: Infectious risksRaùl E. Istùriz and Jorge Murillo 95 Dialysis-related infectionPeter Mariuz 96 AspleniaLarry I. Lutwick Section 12 - HIV 97 HIV infection: Initial evaluation and monitoringAaron E. Glatt, Andréa Sciberras, and Steven M. Weiss 98 HIV: Antiretroviral therapyAmy L. Brotherton and Joseph M. Garland 99 Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeSuzaan Marais and Graeme Meintjes 100 Opportunistic infections in HIVMarshall Glesby and Anthony Ogedegbe 101 Prophylaxis of opportunistic infections in HIV diseaseBrandi Manning, Robert L. Bettiker, and Jeffrey M. Jacobson Section 13 - Nosocomial infection 102 Percutaneous injury: Risks and managementDavid Kuhar and Krista Powell 103 Hospital-acquired feverArthur E. Brown and Susan K. Seo 104 Transfusion-related infectionWilliam R. Jarvis and Virginia R. Roth 105 Intravascular catheter-related infectionJohny Fares, Alexandre Malek, and Issam Raad 106 Infections associated with urinary cathetersLindsay E. Nicolle Section 14 - Infections related to surgery and trauma 107 Postoperative wound infectionE. Patchen Dellinger 108 Trauma-related infectionMark A. Malangoni 109 Infected implantsGordon Dickinson 110 Infection in the burn-injured patientRoger W. Yurt and Rafael Gerardo Magaña Section 15 - Prevention of infection 111 Nonsurgical antimicrobial prophylaxisNadine Rouphael and Alexandra Wolcott Dretler 112 Surgical prophylaxisSonya Trinh and George Pankey 113 ImmunizationsElaine C. Jong Section 16 - Travel and recreation 114 Advice for travelersHenry M. Wu and Jessica K. Fairley 115 Fever in the returning travelerAlimuddin Zumla 116 Systemic infection from animalsDavid J. Weber, Jonathan J. Juliano, and William A. Rutala 117 Tick-borne diseaseSteven C. Buckingham 118 Recreational water exposureMary E. Wilson and Andrea K. Boggild 119 Travelers' diarrheaKaren J. Vigil and Herbert L. DuPont Section 17 - Bioterrorism 120 BioterrorismMegan Gallagher and Andrew W. Artenstein Section 18 - Specific organisms: Bacteria 121 ActinomycosisThomas A. Russo and Grishma R. Trivedi 122 Anaerobic infectionsItzhak Brook 123 AnthraxTirdad T. Zangeneh, Marc Traeger, and Stephen A. Klotz 124 Bartonella bacilliformisNuria Sanchez Clemente 125 Cat scratch disease and other Bartonella infectionsWilliam A. Schwartzman 126 BordetellaEmily Souder and Sarah S. Long 127 Branhamella-MoraxellaLisa S. Hodges and Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr. 128 BrucellosisCarlo Carrillo and Eduardo Gotuzzo 129 CampylobacterDavid W. K. Acheson 130 ClostridiumDerek Forster 131 CorynebacteriaCarlos H. Ramírez-Ronda and Carlos R. Ramírez-Ramírez 132 EnterobacteriaceaeCharles Stratton 133 EnterococcusRonald N. Jones and Rodrigo Mendes 134 ErysipelothrixW. Lee Hand 135 HACEKVivian H. Chu 136 Helicobacter pyloriDavid Y. Graham and Emiko Rimbara 137 Neisseria gonorrhoeaAmy J. Mathers and Michael F. Rein 138 HaemophilusAmy Spallone and Daniel Musher 139 LegionellosisThomas J. Marrie, Shelly McNeil, and Mark Robbins 140 LeprosyBahir H. Chamseddin and Travis Vandergriff 141 Meningococcus and miscellaneous neisseriaeChuen-Yen Lau and Edmund C. Tramont 142 ListeriaBennett Lorber 143 NocardiaLisa Haglund 144 Pasteurella multocidaAndrew S. Webster, Paulina A. Rebolledo, Naasha J. Talati, and David S. Stephens 145 PneumococcusMaurice A. Mufson and Nancy B. Norton 146 Pseudomonas, stenotrophomonas, and burkholderiaTitus Daniels 147 Rat-bite feversNeil S. Lipman 148 SalmonellaBruce S. Ribner 149 StaphylococcusSuzanne F. Bradley 150 Streptococcus groups A, B, C, D, and GDennis L. Stevens, J. Anthony Mebane, and Karl Madaras-Kelly 151 Viridans streptococciJohn L. Brusch 152 Poststreptococcal immunologic complicationsBarbara W. Stechenberg 153 ShigellaEduardo Rodríguez-Noriega 154 TularemiaKari Neeman and Jessica Snowden 155 TuberculosisJay B. Mehta and Asim K. Dutt 156 Nontuberculous mycobacteriaTimothy Aksamit and David E. Griffith 157 VibrioDuc J. Vugia 158 YersiniaRoyce H. Johnson and Arash Heidari 159 Miscellaneous gram-positive organismsIqra Choudary, Steven K. Schmitt, and Roberto Baun Corales 160 Miscellaneous gram-negative organismsSampath Kumar and Kamaljit Singh Section 19 - Specific organisms: Spirochetes 161 Syphilis and other treponematosesArlene C. Seña and Adaora A. Adimora 162 Lyme diseaseJanine Evans 163 BorreliosisSally Cutler 164 LeptospirosisDaniela Dimarco Section 20 - Specific organisms: Mycoplasma and Chlamydia 165 MycoplasmaKen B. Waites and Sixto Leal 166 Chlamydia pneumoniaMargaret R. Hammerschlag 167 Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)Thomas Marrie Section 21 - Specific organisms: Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma 168 Rickettsial infectionsNoah Wald-Dickler and Paul D. Holtom 169 Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosisJohan S. Bakken and J. Stephen Dumler Section 22 - Specific organisms: Fungi 170 CandidiasisChristopher F. Carpenter and Nicholas Gilpin 171 AspergillusStuart M. Levitz and Sanjay Ram 172 Mucormycosis (and entomophthoramycosis)Scott F. Davies 173 SporotrichumRobert A. Greenfield 174 CryptococcusWilliam G. Powderly 175 HistoplasmosisCole Beeler and Mitchell Goldman 176 BlastomycosisTodd P. McCarty and Peter G. Pappas 177 CoccidioidomycosisTrung T. Vu, Jose Cadena, and Gregory M. Anstead 178 Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)Shelley A. Gilroy and Nicholas Bennett 179 Miscellaneous (emerging) fungi and algaeObinna N. Nnedu and George A. Pankey Section 23 - Specific organisms: Viruses 180 CytomegalovirusRima I. El-Herte and Jeffrey L. Meier 181 DengueNguyen Thanh Hung 182 EnterovirusesPenelope Dennehy 183 Epstein-Barr virus and other causes of the infectious mononucleosis syndromeJeffrey L. Meier 184 Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndromeGregory Mertz 185 Herpes simplex 1 and 2Richard J. Whitley and Abdulsalam Alsulami 186 Human herpes virus 6, 7, 8Eleni Magira 187 InfluenzaHarvey M. Friedman and Ramin Herati 188 Coronavirus-19Smitha Gudipati, Gina Maki, Marcus Zervos, and Mayur Ramesh 189 Papillomavirus in oro-genital infectionLawrence J. Eron 190 Acute and chronic parvovirus infectionNeal S. Young 191 RabiesAnita Mahadevan, Susarla K. Shankar, and Avindra Nath 192 Varicella-zoster virusJeffrey M. Weinberg 193 Viral hemorrhagic feversDaniel G. Bausch Section 24 - Specific organisms: Parasites 194 Intestinal roundwormsKathryn N. Suh, Anne E. McCarthy, and Jay S. Keystone 195 Tissue nematodesIan Michelow and Dan Blatt 196 Schistosomes and other trematodesJames H. Maguire 197 Tapeworms (cestodes)Zbigniew S. Pawlowski 198 ToxoplasmaRoderick Go and Benjamin J. Luft 199 MalariaJessica K. Fairley and Henry M. Wu 200 BabesiosisTempe K. Chen, Choukri Ben Mamoun, and Peter J. Krause 201 Trypanosomes and leishmaniaRichard Pearson, Selma Jeronimo, and Anastacio de Sousa 202 Intestinal protozoaM. Paul Kelly 203 Extraintestinal amoebic infectionRosa Andrade Section 25 - Antimicrobial therapy: General considerations 204 Principles of antibiotic therapyJohn S. Czachor 205 Antibacterial agentsRichard Watkins 206 Principles and practice of antimicrobial stewardshipCheston B. Cunha 207 Antifungal therapyDimitrios Farmakiotis and Ralph Rogers 208 Antiviral therapyRajeev Shah and Cheston B. Cunha 209 ProbioticsVarsha Gupta and Ritu Garg 210 Hypersensitivity to antibioticsSantiago Alvarez-Arango and N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr. 211 Antimicrobial agent tablesDiane Parente and Cheston B. Cunha Index

Cheston B. Cunha is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. He is also Medical Director of the Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Associate Program Director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Brown University. Dr. Cunha's clinical and research interests include general infectious diseases, antimicrobial therapy and stewardship, ancient plagues, and fever of unknown origin (FUO).

Without doubt, this is a scholarly and detailed but clinically focussed textbook which is highly relevant to clinical practice. There is a substantial array of contributors, mainly from the United States though there are representatives from some other countries. I found this book readable, informative and interesting and can be used as a reference book but also it was interesting enough to simply open it and read at random. I am sure an infectious disease team would enjoy having access to this book.

• PrefaceContributors Section 1 - Clinical syndromes: General 1 Fever of unknown originCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 2 SepsisLeeja Joseph and Rodger D. MacArthur 3 Chronic fatigue syndromeStephen J. Gluckman Section 2 - Clinical syndromes: Head and neck 4 PharyngotonsillitisItzhak Brook 5 Infectious thyroiditisJeanne Carey and Stephen G. Baum 6 OtitisStephen I. Pelton 7 SinusitisRachel Kominsky and Todd Otteson 8 Dental infectionsJessica Moskovitz, Bridget Hathaway, Jennifer Rubin Grandis, and Jonas T. Johnson 9 Salivary and lacrimal gland infectionsAlexandre Malek, Johny Fares, and Issam Raad 10 Deep neck infectionsJeremy D. Gradon Section 3 - Clinical syndromes: Eye 11 ConjunctivitisElmer Y. Tu 12 KeratitisElmer Y. Tu, Francis S. Mah, and Jules Baum 13 IritisAlice Lorch and Ann-Marie Lobo 14 RetinitisHillary C. Stiefel and Daniel M. Albert 15 EndophthalmitisRoy D. Brod, Harry W. Flynn, Jr., and Lili G. Kaplan 16 Periocular/Retro-orbital infectionsMiriam Barshak and Marlene L. Durand Section 4 - Clinical syndromes: Skin and lymph nodes 17 Fever and rashJohn W. Sensacovic and Leon G. Smith 18 Toxic shock syndrome and Kawasaki diseaseEvangelia M. Assimacopoulos, Aristides P. Assimacopoulos, Wilmara Salgado-Pabón, and Patrick M. Schlievert 19 Viral exanthemsRomina Bromberg, Michael Thompson, Lisa M. Chirch, and Jane M. Grant-Kels 20 Skin ulcersJoanne T. Maffei 21 Cellulitis and erysipelasKatherine S. Glaser and Kenneth J. Tomecki 22 Deep soft-tissue infection: Necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangreneStephen Ash and Louis E. Kennedy 23 Human and animal bitesEllie J. C. Goldstein and F. Abrahamian 24 Lice, scabies, and myiasisCharlotte Bernigaud, Gentiane Monsel, and Olivier Chosidow 25 Tungiasis and bed bugsTania F. Cestari and Simone Pessato 26 Superficial fungal infection of skin and nailsEvelyn K. Koestenblatt and Jeffrey M. Weinberg 27 EumycetomaNcoza C. Dlova, Anisa Mosam, and Antoinette Chateau 28 Lymphadenopathy/LymphadenitisGerald Friedland and Sheela Shenoi Section 5 - Clinical syndromes: Respiratory tract 29 BronchitisPhillippa Poole and Mark Hobbs 30 Croup, supraglottitis, and laryngitisIrmgrad Behlau 31 Atypical pneumoniaThomas M. File, Jr. 32 Community-acquired pneumoniaKeyur S. Vyas 33 Nosocomial pneumoniaCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 34 Aspiration pneumoniaJean Gibb and Matthew Bidwell Goetz 35 Lung abscessAmee Patrawalla and Lisa L. Dever 36 Empyema and bronchopleural fistulaCharlotte E. Bolton and Dennis J. Shale Section 6 - Clinical syndromes: Heart and blood vessels 37 EndocarditisJohn L. Brusch 38 Acute pericarditisRichard A. Martinello and Michael Cappello 39 MyocarditisLori Blauwet and Andrew Rosenbaum 40 MediastinitisRavi Karra and Keith S. Kaye 41 Vascular infectionSusan E. Beekmann and David K. Henderson 42 Infections of cardiovascular implantable devicesM. Rizwan Sohail, Daniel C. DeSimone, and James M. Steckelberg Section 7 - Clinical syndromes: Gastrointestinal tract, liver, and abdomen 43 Acute viral hepatitisKalyan Ram Bhamidimarri and Paul Martin 44 Chronic viral hepatitisMichelle E. Freshman and Lawrence S. Friedman 45 Biliary infection: Cholecystitis, cholangitisRaghav Chandra and Robert V. Rege 46 Pyogenic liver abscessPatricia Wong and H. Franklin Herlong 47 Infectious complications in acute pancreatitisJodie A. Barkin and Jamie S. Barkin 48 Esophageal infectionsUni Wong and Jean-Pierre Raufman 49 GastroenteritisDouglas R. Morgan, Vivian Chidi, and Robert L. Owen 50 Food poisoningCarly R. Davis and Andrew T. Pavia 51 Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficileCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 52 Sexually transmitted enteric infectionsThomas C. Quinn 53 Acute appendicitisBian Wu and John Maa 54 DiverticulitisMatthew D. Zelhart and Ronald L. Nichols 55 Abdominal abscessK. Shad Pharaon and Donald D. Trunkey 56 Splenic abscessWalter Dehority and Thomas R. Howdieshell 57 PeritonitisLinda A. Slavoski and Matthew E. Levison 58 Whipple's disease and sprueAmirkaveh Mojtahed and Payam Afshar Section 8 - Clinical syndromes: Genitourinary tract 59 Urethritis and dysuriaGeorge Pappas, Ioannis A. Bliziotis, and Matthew E. Falagas 60 Vaginitis and cervicitisSebastian Faro 61 Epididymo-orchitisRebecca Fallis and Daniel Mueller 62 Genital ulcer adenopathy syndromeAllan Ronald 63 ProstatitisCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 64 Pelvic inflammatory diseaseWilliam J. Ledger 65 Urinary tract infectionPeter Liu, Keith W. Hamilton, and Judith A. O'Donnell 66 CandiduriaJack D. Sobel 67 Focal renal infections and papillary necrosisAnn F. Fisher and Louise M. Dembry Section 9 - Clinical syndromes: Musculoskeletal system 68 Infection of native and prosthetic jointsShahbaz Hasan and James W. Smith 69 BursitisRichard H. Parker 70 Acute and chronic osteomyelitisIlona Kronig, Pierre Vaudaux, Domizio Suvà, Daniel Lew, and Ilker Uçkay 71 PolyarthritisKathryn H. Dao and John J. Cush 72 Infectious polymyositisShanthi Kappagoda and Upinder Singh 73 Iliopsoas abscessLarson Erb and Pamela A. Lipsett Section 10 - Clinical syndromes: Neurologic system 74 Bacterial meningitisJennie E. Johnson and Allan R. Tunkel 75 Aseptic meningitisBurt R. Meyers and Dalilah Restrepo 76 Viral encephalitisJohn J. Halperin and David N. Irani 77 Intracranial suppurationBrian Wispelwey and Christopher J. Arnold 78 Spinal epidural abscessMark J. DiNubile 79 Myelitis and peripheral neuropathyRohini Samudralwar and Rodrigo Hasbun 80 Reye syndromeDebra L. Weiner and Amy Kritzer 81 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyChristopher M. Perrone and Joseph R. Berger 82 Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infectionElisabeth E. Adderson and Patricia M. Flynn Section 11 - The susceptible host 83 Evaluation of suspected immunodeficiencyThomas A. Fleisher and Sergio D. Rosenzweig 84 Infection in the neutropenic patientEric Holaday, Aaron Mishkin, and Rafik Samuel 85 Infections in patients with neoplastic diseaseAmar Safdar and Donald Armstrong 86 Corticosteroids, cytotoxic agentsBabafemi Taiwo and Hannah Nam 87 BiologicsRebecca A. Ward, Pritha Sen, and Jatin M. Vyas 88 Infection in transplant patientsRaymund R. Razonable 89 Diabetes and infectionSylvia J. Shaw and Raza Iqbal 90 Infectious complications in the injection and non-injection drug userCarlo Contoreggi 91 Infection in the alcoholicLaurel C. Preheim and Manasa Velagapudi 92 Infection in the elderlyKent Crossley 93 Neonatal infectionPatrick G. Gallagher and Robert S. Baltimore 94 Pregnancy and the puerperium: Infectious risksRaùl E. Istùriz and Jorge Murillo 95 Dialysis-related infectionPeter Mariuz 96 AspleniaLarry I. Lutwick Section 12 - HIV 97 HIV infection: Initial evaluation and monitoringAaron E. Glatt, Andréa Sciberras, and Steven M. Weiss 98 HIV: Antiretroviral therapyAmy L. Brotherton and Joseph M. Garland 99 Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeSuzaan Marais and Graeme Meintjes 100 Opportunistic infections in HIVMarshall Glesby and Anthony Ogedegbe 101 Prophylaxis of opportunistic infections in HIV diseaseBrandi Manning, Robert L. Bettiker, and Jeffrey M. Jacobson Section 13 - Nosocomial infection 102 Percutaneous injury: Risks and managementDavid Kuhar and Krista Powell 103 Hospital-acquired feverArthur E. Brown and Susan K. Seo 104 Transfusion-related infectionWilliam R. Jarvis and Virginia R. Roth 105 Intravascular catheter-related infectionJohny Fares, Alexandre Malek, and Issam Raad 106 Infections associated with urinary cathetersLindsay E. Nicolle Section 14 - Infections related to surgery and trauma 107 Postoperative wound infectionE. Patchen Dellinger 108 Trauma-related infectionMark A. Malangoni 109 Infected implantsGordon Dickinson 110 Infection in the burn-injured patientRoger W. Yurt and Rafael Gerardo Magaña Section 15 - Prevention of infection 111 Nonsurgical antimicrobial prophylaxisNadine Rouphael and Alexandra Wolcott Dretler 112 Surgical prophylaxisSonya Trinh and George Pankey 113 ImmunizationsElaine C. Jong Section 16 - Travel and recreation 114 Advice for travelersHenry M. Wu and Jessica K. Fairley 115 Fever in the returning travelerAlimuddin Zumla 116 Systemic infection from animalsDavid J. Weber, Jonathan J. Juliano, and William A. Rutala 117 Tick-borne diseaseSteven C. Buckingham 118 Recreational water exposureMary E. Wilson and Andrea K. Boggild 119 Travelers' diarrheaKaren J. Vigil and Herbert L. DuPont Section 17 - Bioterrorism 120 BioterrorismMegan Gallagher and Andrew W. Artenstein Section 18 - Specific organisms: Bacteria 121 ActinomycosisThomas A. Russo and Grishma R. Trivedi 122 Anaerobic infectionsItzhak Brook 123 AnthraxTirdad T. Zangeneh, Marc Traeger, and Stephen A. Klotz 124 Bartonella bacilliformisNuria Sanchez Clemente 125 Cat scratch disease and other Bartonella infectionsWilliam A. Schwartzman 126 BordetellaEmily Souder and Sarah S. Long 127 Branhamella-MoraxellaLisa S. Hodges and Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr. 128 BrucellosisCarlo Carrillo and Eduardo Gotuzzo 129 CampylobacterDavid W. K. Acheson 130 ClostridiumDerek Forster 131 CorynebacteriaCarlos H. Ramírez-Ronda and Carlos R. Ramírez-Ramírez 132 EnterobacteriaceaeCharles Stratton 133 EnterococcusRonald N. Jones and Rodrigo Mendes 134 ErysipelothrixW. Lee Hand 135 HACEKVivian H. Chu 136 Helicobacter pyloriDavid Y. Graham and Emiko Rimbara 137 Neisseria gonorrhoeaAmy J. Mathers and Michael F. Rein 138 HaemophilusAmy Spallone and Daniel Musher 139 LegionellosisThomas J. Marrie, Shelly McNeil, and Mark Robbins 140 LeprosyBahir H. Chamseddin and Travis Vandergriff 141 Meningococcus and miscellaneous neisseriaeChuen-Yen Lau and Edmund C. Tramont 142 ListeriaBennett Lorber 143 NocardiaLisa Haglund 144 Pasteurella multocidaAndrew S. Webster, Paulina A. Rebolledo, Naasha J. Talati, and David S. Stephens 145 PneumococcusMaurice A. Mufson and Nancy B. Norton 146 Pseudomonas, stenotrophomonas, and burkholderiaTitus Daniels 147 Rat-bite feversNeil S. Lipman 148 SalmonellaBruce S. Ribner 149 StaphylococcusSuzanne F. Bradley 150 Streptococcus groups A, B, C, D, and GDennis L. Stevens, J. Anthony Mebane, and Karl Madaras-Kelly 151 Viridans streptococciJohn L. Brusch 152 Poststreptococcal immunologic complicationsBarbara W. Stechenberg 153 ShigellaEduardo Rodríguez-Noriega 154 TularemiaKari Neeman and Jessica Snowden 155 TuberculosisJay B. Mehta and Asim K. Dutt 156 Nontuberculous mycobacteriaTimothy Aksamit and David E. Griffith 157 VibrioDuc J. Vugia 158 YersiniaRoyce H. Johnson and Arash Heidari 159 Miscellaneous gram-positive organismsIqra Choudary, Steven K. Schmitt, and Roberto Baun Corales 160 Miscellaneous gram-negative organismsSampath Kumar and Kamaljit Singh Section 19 - Specific organisms: Spirochetes 161 Syphilis and other treponematosesArlene C. Seña and Adaora A. Adimora 162 Lyme diseaseJanine Evans 163 BorreliosisSally Cutler 164 LeptospirosisDaniela Dimarco Section 20 - Specific organisms: Mycoplasma and Chlamydia 165 MycoplasmaKen B. Waites and Sixto Leal 166 Chlamydia pneumoniaMargaret R. Hammerschlag 167 Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)Thomas Marrie Section 21 - Specific organisms: Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma 168 Rickettsial infectionsNoah Wald-Dickler and Paul D. Holtom 169 Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosisJohan S. Bakken and J. Stephen Dumler Section 22 - Specific organisms: Fungi 170 CandidiasisChristopher F. Carpenter and Nicholas Gilpin 171 AspergillusStuart M. Levitz and Sanjay Ram 172 Mucormycosis (and entomophthoramycosis)Scott F. Davies 173 SporotrichumRobert A. Greenfield 174 CryptococcusWilliam G. Powderly 175 HistoplasmosisCole Beeler and Mitchell Goldman 176 BlastomycosisTodd P. McCarty and Peter G. Pappas 177 CoccidioidomycosisTrung T. Vu, Jose Cadena, and Gregory M. Anstead 178 Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)Shelley A. Gilroy and Nicholas Bennett 179 Miscellaneous (emerging) fungi and algaeObinna N. Nnedu and George A. Pankey Section 23 - Specific organisms: Viruses 180 CytomegalovirusRima I. El-Herte and Jeffrey L. Meier 181 DengueNguyen Thanh Hung 182 EnterovirusesPenelope Dennehy 183 Epstein-Barr virus and other causes of the infectious mononucleosis syndromeJeffrey L. Meier 184 Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndromeGregory Mertz 185 Herpes simplex 1 and 2Richard J. Whitley and Abdulsalam Alsulami 186 Human herpes virus 6, 7, 8Eleni Magira 187 InfluenzaHarvey M. Friedman and Ramin Herati 188 Coronavirus-19Smitha Gudipati, Gina Maki, Marcus Zervos, and Mayur Ramesh 189 Papillomavirus in oro-genital infectionLawrence J. Eron 190 Acute and chronic parvovirus infectionNeal S. Young 191 RabiesAnita Mahadevan, Susarla K. Shankar, and Avindra Nath 192 Varicella-zoster virusJeffrey M. Weinberg 193 Viral hemorrhagic feversDaniel G. Bausch Section 24 - Specific organisms: Parasites 194 Intestinal roundwormsKathryn N. Suh, Anne E. McCarthy, and Jay S. Keystone 195 Tissue nematodesIan Michelow and Dan Blatt 196 Schistosomes and other trematodesJames H. Maguire 197 Tapeworms (cestodes)Zbigniew S. Pawlowski 198 ToxoplasmaRoderick Go and Benjamin J. Luft 199 MalariaJessica K. Fairley and Henry M. Wu 200 BabesiosisTempe K. Chen, Choukri Ben Mamoun, and Peter J. Krause 201 Trypanosomes and leishmaniaRichard Pearson, Selma Jeronimo, and Anastacio de Sousa 202 Intestinal protozoaM. Paul Kelly 203 Extraintestinal amoebic infectionRosa Andrade Section 25 - Antimicrobial therapy: General considerations 204 Principles of antibiotic therapyJohn S. Czachor 205 Antibacterial agentsRichard Watkins 206 Principles and practice of antimicrobial stewardshipCheston B. Cunha 207 Antifungal therapyDimitrios Farmakiotis and Ralph Rogers 208 Antiviral therapyRajeev Shah and Cheston B. Cunha 209 ProbioticsVarsha Gupta and Ritu Garg 210 Hypersensitivity to antibioticsSantiago Alvarez-Arango and N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr. 211 Antimicrobial agent tablesDiane Parente and Cheston B. Cunha Index

Cheston B. Cunha is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. He is also Medical Director of the Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Associate Program Director for the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Brown University. Dr. Cunha's clinical and research interests include general infectious diseases, antimicrobial therapy and stewardship, ancient plagues, and fever of unknown origin (FUO).

Without doubt, this is a scholarly and detailed but clinically focussed textbook which is highly relevant to clinical practice. There is a substantial array of contributors, mainly from the United States though there are representatives from some other countries. I found this book readable, informative and interesting and can be used as a reference book but also it was interesting enough to simply open it and read at random. I am sure an infectious disease team would enjoy having access to this book.

• PrefaceContributors Section 1 - Clinical syndromes: General 1 Fever of unknown originCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 2 SepsisLeeja Joseph and Rodger D. MacArthur 3 Chronic fatigue syndromeStephen J. Gluckman Section 2 - Clinical syndromes: Head and neck 4 PharyngotonsillitisItzhak Brook 5 Infectious thyroiditisJeanne Carey and Stephen G. Baum 6 OtitisStephen I. Pelton 7 SinusitisRachel Kominsky and Todd Otteson 8 Dental infectionsJessica Moskovitz, Bridget Hathaway, Jennifer Rubin Grandis, and Jonas T. Johnson 9 Salivary and lacrimal gland infectionsAlexandre Malek, Johny Fares, and Issam Raad 10 Deep neck infectionsJeremy D. Gradon Section 3 - Clinical syndromes: Eye 11 ConjunctivitisElmer Y. Tu 12 KeratitisElmer Y. Tu, Francis S. Mah, and Jules Baum 13 IritisAlice Lorch and Ann-Marie Lobo 14 RetinitisHillary C. Stiefel and Daniel M. Albert 15 EndophthalmitisRoy D. Brod, Harry W. Flynn, Jr., and Lili G. Kaplan 16 Periocular/Retro-orbital infectionsMiriam Barshak and Marlene L. Durand Section 4 - Clinical syndromes: Skin and lymph nodes 17 Fever and rashJohn W. Sensacovic and Leon G. Smith 18 Toxic shock syndrome and Kawasaki diseaseEvangelia M. Assimacopoulos, Aristides P. Assimacopoulos, Wilmara Salgado-Pabón, and Patrick M. Schlievert 19 Viral exanthemsRomina Bromberg, Michael Thompson, Lisa M. Chirch, and Jane M. Grant-Kels 20 Skin ulcersJoanne T. Maffei 21 Cellulitis and erysipelasKatherine S. Glaser and Kenneth J. Tomecki 22 Deep soft-tissue infection: Necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangreneStephen Ash and Louis E. Kennedy 23 Human and animal bitesEllie J. C. Goldstein and F. Abrahamian 24 Lice, scabies, and myiasisCharlotte Bernigaud, Gentiane Monsel, and Olivier Chosidow 25 Tungiasis and bed bugsTania F. Cestari and Simone Pessato 26 Superficial fungal infection of skin and nailsEvelyn K. Koestenblatt and Jeffrey M. Weinberg 27 EumycetomaNcoza C. Dlova, Anisa Mosam, and Antoinette Chateau 28 Lymphadenopathy/LymphadenitisGerald Friedland and Sheela Shenoi Section 5 - Clinical syndromes: Respiratory tract 29 BronchitisPhillippa Poole and Mark Hobbs 30 Croup, supraglottitis, and laryngitisIrmgrad Behlau 31 Atypical pneumoniaThomas M. File, Jr. 32 Community-acquired pneumoniaKeyur S. Vyas 33 Nosocomial pneumoniaCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 34 Aspiration pneumoniaJean Gibb and Matthew Bidwell Goetz 35 Lung abscessAmee Patrawalla and Lisa L. Dever 36 Empyema and bronchopleural fistulaCharlotte E. Bolton and Dennis J. Shale Section 6 - Clinical syndromes: Heart and blood vessels 37 EndocarditisJohn L. Brusch 38 Acute pericarditisRichard A. Martinello and Michael Cappello 39 MyocarditisLori Blauwet and Andrew Rosenbaum 40 MediastinitisRavi Karra and Keith S. Kaye 41 Vascular infectionSusan E. Beekmann and David K. Henderson 42 Infections of cardiovascular implantable devicesM. Rizwan Sohail, Daniel C. DeSimone, and James M. Steckelberg Section 7 - Clinical syndromes: Gastrointestinal tract, liver, and abdomen 43 Acute viral hepatitisKalyan Ram Bhamidimarri and Paul Martin 44 Chronic viral hepatitisMichelle E. Freshman and Lawrence S. Friedman 45 Biliary infection: Cholecystitis, cholangitisRaghav Chandra and Robert V. Rege 46 Pyogenic liver abscessPatricia Wong and H. Franklin Herlong 47 Infectious complications in acute pancreatitisJodie A. Barkin and Jamie S. Barkin 48 Esophageal infectionsUni Wong and Jean-Pierre Raufman 49 GastroenteritisDouglas R. Morgan, Vivian Chidi, and Robert L. Owen 50 Food poisoningCarly R. Davis and Andrew T. Pavia 51 Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficileCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 52 Sexually transmitted enteric infectionsThomas C. Quinn 53 Acute appendicitisBian Wu and John Maa 54 DiverticulitisMatthew D. Zelhart and Ronald L. Nichols 55 Abdominal abscessK. Shad Pharaon and Donald D. Trunkey 56 Splenic abscessWalter Dehority and Thomas R. Howdieshell 57 PeritonitisLinda A. Slavoski and Matthew E. Levison 58 Whipple's disease and sprueAmirkaveh Mojtahed and Payam Afshar Section 8 - Clinical syndromes: Genitourinary tract 59 Urethritis and dysuriaGeorge Pappas, Ioannis A. Bliziotis, and Matthew E. Falagas 60 Vaginitis and cervicitisSebastian Faro 61 Epididymo-orchitisRebecca Fallis and Daniel Mueller 62 Genital ulcer adenopathy syndromeAllan Ronald 63 ProstatitisCheston B. Cunha and Burke A. Cunha 64 Pelvic inflammatory diseaseWilliam J. Ledger 65 Urinary tract infectionPeter Liu, Keith W. Hamilton, and Judith A. O'Donnell 66 CandiduriaJack D. Sobel 67 Focal renal infections and papillary necrosisAnn F. Fisher and Louise M. Dembry Section 9 - Clinical syndromes: Musculoskeletal system 68 Infection of native and prosthetic jointsShahbaz Hasan and James W. Smith 69 BursitisRichard H. Parker 70 Acute and chronic osteomyelitisIlona Kronig, Pierre Vaudaux, Domizio Suvà, Daniel Lew, and Ilker Uçkay 71 PolyarthritisKathryn H. Dao and John J. Cush 72 Infectious polymyositisShanthi Kappagoda and Upinder Singh 73 Iliopsoas abscessLarson Erb and Pamela A. Lipsett Section 10 - Clinical syndromes: Neurologic system 74 Bacterial meningitisJennie E. Johnson and Allan R. Tunkel 75 Aseptic meningitisBurt R. Meyers and Dalilah Restrepo 76 Viral encephalitisJohn J. Halperin and David N. Irani 77 Intracranial suppurationBrian Wispelwey and Christopher J. Arnold 78 Spinal epidural abscessMark J. DiNubile 79 Myelitis and peripheral neuropathyRohini Samudralwar and Rodrigo Hasbun 80 Reye syndromeDebra L. Weiner and Amy Kritzer 81 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyChristopher M. Perrone and Joseph R. Berger 82 Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infectionElisabeth E. Adderson and Patricia M. Flynn Section 11 - The susceptible host 83 Evaluation of suspected immunodeficiencyThomas A. Fleisher and Sergio D. Rosenzweig 84 Infection in the neutropenic patientEric Holaday, Aaron Mishkin, and Rafik Samuel 85 Infections in patients with neoplastic diseaseAmar Safdar and Donald Armstrong 86 Corticosteroids, cytotoxic agentsBabafemi Taiwo and Hannah Nam 87 BiologicsRebecca A. Ward, Pritha Sen, and Jatin M. Vyas 88 Infection in transplant patientsRaymund R. Razonable 89 Diabetes and infectionSylvia J. Shaw and Raza Iqbal 90 Infectious complications in the injection and non-injection drug userCarlo Contoreggi 91 Infection in the alcoholicLaurel C. Preheim and Manasa Velagapudi 92 Infection in the elderlyKent Crossley 93 Neonatal infectionPatrick G. Gallagher and Robert S. Baltimore 94 Pregnancy and the puerperium: Infectious risksRaùl E. Istùriz and Jorge Murillo 95 Dialysis-related infectionPeter Mariuz 96 AspleniaLarry I. Lutwick Section 12 - HIV 97 HIV infection: Initial evaluation and monitoringAaron E. Glatt, Andréa Sciberras, and Steven M. Weiss 98 HIV: Antiretroviral therapyAmy L. Brotherton and Joseph M. Garland 99 Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeSuzaan Marais and Graeme Meintjes 100 Opportunistic infections in HIVMarshall Glesby and Anthony Ogedegbe 101 Prophylaxis of opportunistic infections in HIV diseaseBrandi Manning, Robert L. Bettiker, and Jeffrey M. Jacobson Section 13 - Nosocomial infection 102 Percutaneous injury: Risks and managementDavid Kuhar and Krista Powell 103 Hospital-acquired feverArthur E. Brown and Susan K. Seo 104 Transfusion-related infectionWilliam R. Jarvis and Virginia R. Roth 105 Intravascular catheter-related infectionJohny Fares, Alexandre Malek, and Issam Raad 106 Infections associated with urinary cathetersLindsay E. Nicolle Section 14 - Infections related to surgery and trauma 107 Postoperative wound infectionE. Patchen Dellinger 108 Trauma-related infectionMark A. Malangoni 109 Infected implantsGordon Dickinson 110 Infection in the burn-injured patientRoger W. Yurt and Rafael Gerardo Magaña Section 15 - Prevention of infection 111 Nonsurgical antimicrobial prophylaxisNadine Rouphael and Alexandra Wolcott Dretler 112 Surgical prophylaxisSonya Trinh and George Pankey 113 ImmunizationsElaine C. Jong Section 16 - Travel and recreation 114 Advice for travelersHenry M. Wu and Jessica K. Fairley 115 Fever in the returning travelerAlimuddin Zumla 116 Systemic infection from animalsDavid J. Weber, Jonathan J. Juliano, and William A. Rutala 117 Tick-borne diseaseSteven C. Buckingham 118 Recreational water exposureMary E. Wilson and Andrea K. Boggild 119 Travelers' diarrheaKaren J. Vigil and Herbert L. DuPont Section 17 - Bioterrorism 120 BioterrorismMegan Gallagher and Andrew W. Artenstein Section 18 - Specific organisms: Bacteria 121 ActinomycosisThomas A. Russo and Grishma R. Trivedi 122 Anaerobic infectionsItzhak Brook 123 AnthraxTirdad T. Zangeneh, Marc Traeger, and Stephen A. Klotz 124 Bartonella bacilliformisNuria Sanchez Clemente 125 Cat scratch disease and other Bartonella infectionsWilliam A. Schwartzman 126 BordetellaEmily Souder and Sarah S. Long 127 Branhamella-MoraxellaLisa S. Hodges and Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr. 128 BrucellosisCarlo Carrillo and Eduardo Gotuzzo 129 CampylobacterDavid W. K. Acheson 130 ClostridiumDerek Forster 131 CorynebacteriaCarlos H. Ramírez-Ronda and Carlos R. Ramírez-Ramírez 132 EnterobacteriaceaeCharles Stratton 133 EnterococcusRonald N. Jones and Rodrigo Mendes 134 ErysipelothrixW. Lee Hand 135 HACEKVivian H. Chu 136 Helicobacter pyloriDavid Y. Graham and Emiko Rimbara 137 Neisseria gonorrhoeaAmy J. Mathers and Michael F. Rein 138 HaemophilusAmy Spallone and Daniel Musher 139 LegionellosisThomas J. Marrie, Shelly McNeil, and Mark Robbins 140 LeprosyBahir H. Chamseddin and Travis Vandergriff 141 Meningococcus and miscellaneous neisseriaeChuen-Yen Lau and Edmund C. Tramont 142 ListeriaBennett Lorber 143 NocardiaLisa Haglund 144 Pasteurella multocidaAndrew S. Webster, Paulina A. Rebolledo, Naasha J. Talati, and David S. Stephens 145 PneumococcusMaurice A. Mufson and Nancy B. Norton 146 Pseudomonas, stenotrophomonas, and burkholderiaTitus Daniels 147 Rat-bite feversNeil S. Lipman 148 SalmonellaBruce S. Ribner 149 StaphylococcusSuzanne F. Bradley 150 Streptococcus groups A, B, C, D, and GDennis L. Stevens, J. Anthony Mebane, and Karl Madaras-Kelly 151 Viridans streptococciJohn L. Brusch 152 Poststreptococcal immunologic complicationsBarbara W. Stechenberg 153 ShigellaEduardo Rodríguez-Noriega 154 TularemiaKari Neeman and Jessica Snowden 155 TuberculosisJay B. Mehta and Asim K. Dutt 156 Nontuberculous mycobacteriaTimothy Aksamit and David E. Griffith 157 VibrioDuc J. Vugia 158 YersiniaRoyce H. Johnson and Arash Heidari 159 Miscellaneous gram-positive organismsIqra Choudary, Steven K. Schmitt, and Roberto Baun Corales 160 Miscellaneous gram-negative organismsSampath Kumar and Kamaljit Singh Section 19 - Specific organisms: Spirochetes 161 Syphilis and other treponematosesArlene C. Seña and Adaora A. Adimora 162 Lyme diseaseJanine Evans 163 BorreliosisSally Cutler 164 LeptospirosisDaniela Dimarco Section 20 - Specific organisms: Mycoplasma and Chlamydia 165 MycoplasmaKen B. Waites and Sixto Leal 166 Chlamydia pneumoniaMargaret R. Hammerschlag 167 Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis)Thomas Marrie Section 21 - Specific organisms: Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma 168 Rickettsial infectionsNoah Wald-Dickler and Paul D. Holtom 169 Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosisJohan S. Bakken and J. Stephen Dumler Section 22 - Specific organisms: Fungi 170 CandidiasisChristopher F. Carpenter and Nicholas Gilpin 171 AspergillusStuart M. Levitz and Sanjay Ram 172 Mucormycosis (and entomophthoramycosis)Scott F. Davies 173 SporotrichumRobert A. Greenfield 174 CryptococcusWilliam G. Powderly 175 HistoplasmosisCole Beeler and Mitchell Goldman 176 BlastomycosisTodd P. McCarty and Peter G. Pappas 177 CoccidioidomycosisTrung T. Vu, Jose Cadena, and Gregory M. Anstead 178 Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii)Shelley A. Gilroy and Nicholas Bennett 179 Miscellaneous (emerging) fungi and algaeObinna N. Nnedu and George A. Pankey Section 23 - Specific organisms: Viruses 180 CytomegalovirusRima I. El-Herte and Jeffrey L. Meier 181 DengueNguyen Thanh Hung 182 EnterovirusesPenelope Dennehy 183 Epstein-Barr virus and other causes of the infectious mononucleosis syndromeJeffrey L. Meier 184 Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndromeGregory Mertz 185 Herpes simplex 1 and 2Richard J. Whitley and Abdulsalam Alsulami 186 Human herpes virus 6, 7, 8Eleni Magira 187 InfluenzaHarvey M. Friedman and Ramin Herati 188 Coronavirus-19Smitha Gudipati, Gina Maki, Marcus Zervos, and Mayur Ramesh 189 Papillomavirus in oro-genital infectionLawrence J. Eron 190 Acute and chronic parvovirus infectionNeal S. Young 191 RabiesAnita Mahadevan, Susarla K. Shankar, and Avindra Nath 192 Varicella-zoster virusJeffrey M. Weinberg 193 Viral hemorrhagic feversDaniel G. Bausch Section 24 - Specific organisms: Parasites 194 Intestinal roundwormsKathryn N. Suh, Anne E. McCarthy, and Jay S. Keystone 195 Tissue nematodesIan Michelow and Dan Blatt 196 Schistosomes and other trematodesJames H. Maguire 197 Tapeworms (cestodes)Zbigniew S. Pawlowski 198 ToxoplasmaRoderick Go and Benjamin J. Luft 199 MalariaJessica K. Fairley and Henry M. Wu 200 BabesiosisTempe K. Chen, Choukri Ben Mamoun, and Peter J. Krause 201 Trypanosomes and leishmaniaRichard Pearson, Selma Jeronimo, and Anastacio de Sousa 202 Intestinal protozoaM. Paul Kelly 203 Extraintestinal amoebic infectionRosa Andrade Section 25 - Antimicrobial therapy: General considerations 204 Principles of antibiotic therapyJohn S. Czachor 205 Antibacterial agentsRichard Watkins 206 Principles and practice of antimicrobial stewardshipCheston B. Cunha 207 Antifungal therapyDimitrios Farmakiotis and Ralph Rogers 208 Antiviral therapyRajeev Shah and Cheston B. Cunha 209 ProbioticsVarsha Gupta and Ritu Garg 210 Hypersensitivity to antibioticsSantiago Alvarez-Arango and N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr. 211 Antimicrobial agent tablesDiane Parente and Cheston B. Cunha Index