TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Community-Acquired Infections in the ICU A1 - Rana, Meenakshi M. A2 - Oropello, John M. A2 - Pastores, Stephen M. A2 - Kvetan, Vladimir PY - 1 T2 - Critical Care AB - KEY POINTSIn community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), patients present with cough, fever, dyspnea, or pleuritic chest pain and an infiltrate is seen on chest x-ray; empirical antibiotics include an antipneumococcal beta-lactam and macrolide or respiratory fluoroquinolone for atypical coverage.Diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) requires symptoms including dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, hematuria, or fever along with a positive urine culture.Diagnosis and localization of intra-abdominal infection (IAI) can be challenging in the critically ill patient; history, physical examination along with laboratory examination, and imaging are critical.Necrotizing skin and soft tissue infection is considered a surgical emergency and management includes debridement, resuscitation, and antimicrobial therapy.Complications of infective endocarditis (IE) are often a reason for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and include valvular regurgitation, heart failure, splenic and renal infarcts, mycotic aneurysm, and neurologic complications such as cerebral emboli. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1136415393 ER -