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EVIDENCE-BASED
INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
Edited by Mark Loeb,
Marek Smieja, Fiona Smaill
Evidence-based
Infectious Diseases
Evidence-based
Infectious Diseases
Edited by
Mark Loeb
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine,
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Marek Smieja
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine,
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Department of Medicine,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Fiona Smaill
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine,
Department of Medicine,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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First published in 2004
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ISBN 0 7279 1691 2
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Contents
Contributors vi
Preface ix
Evidence-based Infectious Diseases CD Rom x
Abbreviations xi
1. Introduction to evidence-based infectious diseases 1
Mark Loeb, Marek Smieja, Fiona Smaill
Part 1 Specific diseases 11
2. Skin and soft-tissue infections 13
Doug Austgarden
3. Bone and joint infections 26
William J Gillespie
4. Infective endocarditis 37
Scott D Halpern, Elias Abrutyn, Brian L Strom
5. Meningitis and encephalitis 52
Carolyn V Gould, Ebbing Lautenbach
6. Community-acquired pneumonia 71
David C Rhew
7. Tuberc