Current Issue March 2012 | Vol. 26, No. 1

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March 2012
Device Associated InfectionsPreeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ, Guest Editor
Each year hundreds of thousands of patients undergo implantation of various medical devices, including prosthetic joints, urinary and venous catheters, and left ventricular assist devices. Although these technologies can improve quality and sometimes even quantity of life, infection remains a potentially devastating complication. Besides significant morbidity and functional impairment, device-associated infection presents a considerable economic burden, accounting for hundreds of millions of dollars in excess health care costs. Despite improved diagnostics and an expanding antimicrobial armamentarium, successful treatment of device-associated infection remains a vital clinical challenge.

2011 - Volume 25

December 2011
Biologic Response Modifiers in Infectious Disease
Nancy Misri Khardori, MD, PhD, FACP, FIDSA, Guest Editor

September 2011
Global Health, Global Health Education, and Infectious Disease: the New Millennium, Part II
Anvar Velji, MD, FRCP(C), FIDSA, Guest Editor

June 2011
Global Health, Global Health Education, and Infectious Disease: the New Millennium, Part I
Anvar Velji, MD, FRCP(c), FIDSA, Guest Editor

March 2011
Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital
Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, Guest Editor

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