Device Associated Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics

Preeti N. Malani (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

960 Seiten

2012
W B Saunders Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4557-3879-3 (ISBN)

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Optimal management of device associated infections requires a collaborative approach among surgical and medical specialists. This title offers technical background on specific devices and related operative procedures. It includes concepts for the prevention of biofilm formation and biofilm directed therapeutics.

Optimal management of device associated infections requires a collaborative approach among surgical and medical specialists-a need that is central to this issue of Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America. In addition to the epidemiology, management, and prevention of commonly encountered device associated infections, each review offers technical background on specific devices and related operative procedures. Areas of ongoing investigation are highlighted including innovative concepts for the prevention of biofilm formation and biofilm directed therapeutics. Emerging issues related to reuse of medical devices in resource limited settings are also considered.

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Diseases, and Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2012
Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Internal Medicine
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Orthopädie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Technik ► Medizintechnik
ISBN-10	1-4557-3879-4 / 1455738794
ISBN-13	978-1-4557-3879-3 / 9781455738793
Zustand	Neuware