1 ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY 1 2 THE SEPSIS SYNDROME 57 3 THE FEBRILE PATIENT 66 4 PULMONARY INFECTIONS 79 5 EYE, EAR NOSE, AND THROAT INFECTIONS 120 6 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS 139 7 CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS 167 8 GASTROINTESTINAL AND HEPATOBILIARY INFECTIONS 190 9 GENITOURINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) 231 10 SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS 256 11 BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS 273 12 PARASITIC INFECTIONS 288 13 ZOONOTIC INFECTIONS 322 14 BIOTERRORISM 349 15 SERIOUS ADULT VIRAL ILLNESSES OTHER THAN HIV 365 16 INFECTIONS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST 384 17 HIV INFECTION 397