The twenty-second edition of this acclaimed annual reference addresses fourteen 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.

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Chapter 1: Cytokines in Septic Shock.

Thierry Calandra, Pierre-Yves Bochud & Didier Heumann.

Chapter 2: Chlamydia pneumoniae and the Heart - Impact of Diagnostic Methods.

Margaret R. Hammerschlag.

Chapter 3: Impetigo: Etiology and Therapy.

Jan V. Hirschmann.

Chapter 4: West Nile Virus in the US and Abroad.

Richard T. Johnson.

Chapter 5: Blastomycosis: Gilchrist's Disease Revisited.

William Dismukes & Peter G. Pappas.

Chapter 6: Life Threatening Infections in the Asplenic/Hyposplenic Individual.

Larry I. Lutwick.

Chapter 7: Update on Q Fever Including Q Fever Endocarditis.

Thomas J. Marrie & Didier Raoult.

Chapter 8: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Infection in Liver Transplantation: Pathogenesis, Impact and Clinical Management.

Robert H. Rubin.

Chapter 9: The Potential Roles of C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin Concentrations in the Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid in the Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis.

Barnett R. Nathan & W. Michael Scheld.

Chapter 10: Testing for Genital Herpes: How, Who and Why.

Anna Wald.

Chapter 11: A Review of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in Persons With and Without AIDS.

Mark S. Dworkin.

Chapter 12: Diagnosis and Management of Empyema.

Holenarasipur R. Vikram & Vincent J. Quagliarello.

Chapter 13: Use of Antiretoviral Drugs to Prevent Sexual Transmission of HIV.

Myron S. Cohen, Mina Hosseinipour, Angela Kashuba & Salvatore Butera.

Chapter 14: Pneumococcal Vaccines for Infants and Children - Past, Present, and Future.

Jerome O. Klein