Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1 Introduction to evidence-based infectious diseases -- Part 1: Specific diseases -- 2 Skin and soft-tissue infections -- 3 Bone and joint infections -- 4 Infective endocarditis -- 5 Meningitis and encephalitis -- 6 Management of community-acquired pneumonia -- 7 Tuberculosis -- 8 Diarrhea -- 9 Urinary tract infections -- 10 Sexually transmitted infections -- 11 Human immunodeficiency virus -- 12 Influenza -- 13 Critical care -- Part 2: Special populations -- 14 Infection control -- 15 Infections in neutropenic hosts -- 16 Infections in general surgery -- 17 Infections in the thermally injured patient -- 18 Infections in healthcare workers -- 19 Infections in long-term care -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.