Flash Section

1. Antibiotic Treatment of Sepsis/VAP: Balancing Efficacy and Resistance
   by Marin Kollef, MD, FACP, FCCP
   Improving Antibiotic Utilization
   Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
   Effects of Adequate and Inadequate Antimicrobial Therapy
   New Antimicrobial Agents for Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
   Performance Profile of Linezolid vs. Vancomycin
   Tissue Penetration of Linezolid
   
   
2. Interpulmonary Dynamics: Tissue Penetration and Alterations in Toxin Release
   by Kenneth V. Leeper, Jr., MD
   Comparison of Tissue Penetration of Vancomycin and Linezolid
   Comparison Study of Tissue Penetration of Linezolid and Cefamandole
   Pharmacokinetics of Linezolid
   Pharmacokinetics of Linezolid
   Tissue Penetration of Linezolid
   Microbial Expression of Virulence Factors
   Effect of Linezolid at Subinhibitory Concentrations on Microbial Virulence Factors
   Effects of Linezolid on Opsonization and Phagocytosis by Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes
   
   
3. Linezolid: Safety and Resistance
   by Stanley A. Nasraway, Jr., MD, FCCM
   Safety and Adverse Effects of Linezolid
   Resistance to Linezolid
   Recent Cases of Linezolid Resistance
   
   
4. Nosocomial-Acquired Pneumonia:
   Diagnosis and Treatment
   by Richard Wunderink, MD, FCCP, FACP
   Venitlator-Associated Pneumonia and Antimicrobial Therapy
   Causative Agents and Aspects of Therapy
   Vancomycin and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
   Microbial Sensitivity to Vancomycin
   Clinical and Pharmacologic Action of Vancomycin against MRSA
   Alternative Antibiotics to Vancomycin: Dalfopristin/Quinupristin
   Alternative Antibiotics to Vancomycin: Linezolid
   Mortality and Predictors of Survival in Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
   Advantages of Linezolid
   
   
5. Case Study: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
   by Marin Kollef, MD, FACP, FCCP
   Case History: Patient Hospitalization and Aquisition of Pneumonia
   Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
   
   
6. Case Study: Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
   by Richard Wunderink, MD, FCCP, FACP
   Case History and Initial Treatment: Appendicitis
   Postoperative Treatment and Symptoms of Pneumonia
   Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia