chapter 1 Demographics and Economics of Long-Term Care / chapter 2 Epidemiology and Special Aspects of Infectious Diseases in Aging / chapter 3 Evaluation of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities Versus Acute Care Hospitals / chapter 4 Role of Functional Assessment in Evaluating and Managing Infections in Long-Term Care / chapter 5 Impaired Immunity and Increased Risk of Infections in Older Adults: Impact of Chronic Disease on Immunosenescence / chapter 6 Nutrition and Infection / chapter 7 Ethical Issues of Infectious Disease Interventions / chapter 8 Clinical Manifestations of Infections / chapter 9 Establishing an Infection Control Program / chapter 10 Epidemiologic Investigation of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities / chapter 11 An Approach to Antimicrobial Therapy / chapter 12 Urinary Tract Infection / chapter 13 Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Ghinwa Dumyati -- chapter 14 Pneumonia and Bronchitis / chapter 15 Tuberculosis / chapter 16 Infected Pressure Ulcers / chapter 17 Herpes Zoster, Cellulitis, and Scabies / chapter 18 Infectious Diarrhea / chapter 19 Hepatitis in Long-Term Care Facilities / chapter 20 Conjunctivitis, Otitis, and Sinusitis / chapter 21 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the Nursing Home / chapter 22 Vaccinations / chapter PART IV: EMERGING AND DRUG-RESISTANT PATHOGENS -- chapter 24 Vancomycin (Glycopeptide)-Resistant Enterococci in the Long-Term Care Setting / chapter 25 Gram-Negative Bacteria / chapter 26 Fungal Infections / chapter 27 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / chapter PART V: IMPORTANT SOURCE REFERENCES -- chapter Appendix B: Guide to Evaluating Fever and Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities -- chapter Appendix C: Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: Results of a Consenus Conference -- chapter About the Editors.