Microbiology for Surgical Infections: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment

ISBN-13: 9780124116290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 324 str.

Kateryna Kon

Opis

Microbiology for Surgical Infections: Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment explores current trends in etiology and antibiotic resistance of pathogens responsible for devastating and complex surgical infections. Clinicians and researchers report the most recent advances in diagnostic approaches to bacterial and non-bacterial surgical infections, including invasive fungal infections. Current guidelines for prophylaxis of community-acquired and nosocomial infections, complications in surgery, and improvement of diagnosis and treatment of these devastating surgical infections are also discussed. The work gives specific attention to intra-abdominal and wound infections, as well as infections in cardiac surgery and neurosurgery. Taken together, these explorations inform the work of specialists in different surgical arenas, as well as those working in microbiology. Microbiology for Surgical Infections provides a resource to those working to improve outcomes in this complicated arena by discussing prospects for future study and identifying targets for future research.

• Provides a multi-dimensional view of myriad topics pertinent to surgical infections, including questions of etiology, pathogenesis, host-microbial interactions, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prophylaxis
• Delivers cutting-edge commentary from eminent surgeons, microbiologists, and infectious disease specialists, with global contributions from both the developed and developing worlds
• Presents comprehensive research informed by the most recent technological and scientific advances in the field

Recenzje

"Those involved in practice, research, or education concerned with prevention or management of surgical infections would benefit from reading this book...Rating: 5 Stars"--Doody's.com,September 5 2014

Spis treści

Section A: Infection control measures for the prevention of surgical infections1. Infection control measures for the prevention of surgical site infections2. Microbiological assessment before surgical intervention3. Bacterial adherence to biomaterials used in surgical proceduresSection B: Intra-abdominal infections4. Multidrug-resistant bacteria in pancreatic surgery5. Anastomotic leakage after colonic and rectal surgery: operative and conservative management6. Acute appendicitis: an open issue. Current trends in diagnostic and therapeutic options7. Assessment of severity state and prognosis in surgical patients with secondary peritonitis8. Pathogenesis and management of dialysis access infections9. Microbiological diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy in acute pancreatitisSection C: Cardiovascular infections10. Infective endocarditisSection D: Skin and soft tissue infections11. Natural remedies for the treatment of wounds and wound infection12. Bioactive molecules of herbal extracts with anti-infective and wound healing properties13. Role of honey and propolis in the treatment of infected wounds14. Necrotizing soft tissue infections15. Significance of surgical intervention in the management of diabetic foot infectionsSection E: Spinal infections16. Spinal epidural abscessesSection F: Surgical infections of non-bacterial origin17. State of the art in the laboratory methods for the diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases

O autorze

Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has ten years of teaching and fifteen years of research experience. She is an editorial board member of six international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Kon's scientific contributions include more than 100 publications, 6 books and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon's research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria, coping with microbial resistance by plant essential oils and nanoparticles, microbiology of surgical and gynaecological infections, application of different statistical methods to analysis of biomedical data.

Professor Mahendra Rai UGC-BSR Fellow is presently Visiting Professor in Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. Formerly he was Headead at the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University at Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He was Visiting Scientist at different Universities like University of Geneva, Switzerland, Debrecen University, University of Campinas, Brazil, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. His area of expertise includes microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. His present research interests are application of nanobiotechnology in medicine and agriculture, in particular, the use of metallic nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials. He has published more than 450 research papers in India and abroad. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 65 books.