The 22nd edition of this acclaimed annual reference addresses 14 of the most important and timely issues in infectious disease. The carefully edited chapters are concise, practical, and focus on a unique disease or issue.

Table of Contents

Cytokines in septic shock; orchitis and epididymitis; update on blastomycosis; progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy in AIDS and non- AIDS patients; vaccine controversy; pneumoniae and the heart; impetigo, changes in etiologies and treatment; West Nile Virus in the US and abroad; protein conjugate vaccines for S. Pneumoniae - prospects for the future; infections in the asplenic patient; update on Q Fever including Q Fever endocarditis; diagnosis and management of empyema; infections in liver transplant patients; role of C-reactive protein in diagnosis of meningitis; the meaning of a positive serology for Herpesvirus 1 or 2.