Description:This new volume of the "Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century" series is an up to date, state-of-the-art review on several important infections challenging clinicians, from the general practitioner to the various subspecialists that deals with infections. Topics were chosen to address new emerging issues and controversies in clinical infectious Disease:Issues in Central nervous System InfectionsEmerging issues in Head & Neck InfectionsCurrent issues in Ventilator-associated pneumoniaEmerging issues in Pulmonary infections of Cystic fibrosisRe-emergence of childhood respiratory infections in adults New Concepts & emerging issues in sepsisFebrile neutropenia: management issuesEmerging issues & trend in Clostriduim difficile colitisProbiotics in Infections DiseaseDevice Related InfectionsCurrent concepts of orthopedic implants and prosthetic joint infectionsCombination antimicrobial therapies