Immunology and infectious disease /

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Imprint:Norwell, Mass. : Kluwer Academic Pub., c2003.
Description:ix, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Molecular and cellular biology of critical care medicine ; 3
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5169712
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Other authors / contributors:Doughty, Lesley A.
Linden, Peter, 1952-
ISBN:1402073070 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Chapter 1.. Host Microbicidal Actions of the Innate Immune Response
  • Chapter 2.. Activation of the Innate Immune Response in Critical Illness
  • Chapter 3.. Down-Regulation of the Immune Response
  • Chapter 4.. Mechanisms of Pharmacologic Immune Suppression
  • Chapter 5.. Modulation of the Immune Response in Critical Illness/Injury
  • Chapter 6.. Immune Monitoring and Strategies for Immune Modulation
  • Chapter 7.. Central Venous Catheter Related Infections: The Role of Antimicrobial Catheters
  • Chapter 8.. Discrimination of True Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
  • Chapter 9.. Detection of Urinary Tract Infection in the Catheterized ICU Patient
  • Chapter 10.. Antimicrobial Choices and Dosing Strategies to Maximize Efficacy and Minimize the Development of Bacterial Resistance