In this updated handbook, a panel of well known and highly experienced geriatric physicians and infectious disease experts review the most important common infections affecting the elderly and delineate their well-proven techniques.

Because aging is accompanied by a steady decline in resistance to infectious diseases, the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in the elderly is not only much more complex, but also often quite different from that for younger patients.

In the second edition of Infectious Disease in the Aging: A Clinical Handbook , a panel of well known and highly experienced geriatric physicians and infectious disease experts review the most important common infections affecting the elderly and delineate their well-proven diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive techniques. Among the illnesses discussed are urinary tract infections, pneumonia, ocular infections, tuberculosis, and fungal and viral infections. In addition, there are detailed discussions of sepsis, infective endocarditis, intraabdominal infections, bacterial meningitis, osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, and prosthetic device infections.

An easily accessible guide for practicing physicians who diagnose, treat, and prevent infectious and infectious disease-related problems in the elderly Written by leading experts in the field Second edition includes new and updated chapters covering the most important and common infectious diseases encountered in elderly patients

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Concepts and Principles of Infections and Aging.- Epidemiology of Aging and Infectious Diseases.- Factors Predisposing to Infection.- Clinical Features of Infection.- Role and Importance of Functional Assessment in Infections.- Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy.- Common Infections.- Sepsis.- Bronchitis and Pneumonia.- Tuberculosis in Older Adults.- Infective Endocarditis.- Intra-abdominal Infections.- Infectious Diarrhea.- Urinary Tract Infection.- Bacterial Meningitis and Brain Abscess.- Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis.- Skin and Soft Tissues Infections.- Herpes Zoster.- Orofacial and Odontogenic Infections in the Elderly.- Ocular Infections.- Otitis Externa, Otitis Media, and Sinusitis.- Prosthetic Joint Infections in Elderly Patients.- Staphylococcal and Enterococcal Infections.- Fungal Infections.- Viral Infections.- Special or Unique Infectious Disease Problems.- Infections in the Long-Term Care Setting.- Infection Control Programs in Nursing Homes.- Infections in Diabetics.- Vaccinations.- Nutrition and Infection.- Sexually Transmitted Diseases.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.- SARS and West Nile Virus.