Transplant Infections
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 29. August 2003
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-7817-3907-8 (ISBN)
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Description
"Transplant Infections" is designed to be a practical reference covering the common and more unusual infections following bone marrow/stem cell and solid organ transplant. It provides a comprehensive review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of opportunistic infections and focuses on the clinical concerns of the practitioner. New to the Second Edition: expanded coverage in all sections, algorithms on work-up of infection for each setting, increased focus on the interaction of the infectious diseases specialist with transplanters, new information on increased infectious risk with stem cell and blood transplants, and progress in treatment and diagnosis of viral infections.
"Transplant Infections" is designed to be a practical reference covering the common and more unusual infections following bone marrow/stem cell and solid organ transplant. It provides a comprehensive review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of opportunistic infections and focuses on the clinical concerns of the practitioner. New to the Second Edition: expanded coverage in all sections, algorithms on work-up of infection for each setting, increased focus on the interaction of the infectious diseases specialist with transplanters, new information on increased infectious risk with stem cell and blood transplants, and progress in treatment and diagnosis of viral infections.
"Transplant Infections" is designed to be a practical reference covering the common and more unusual infections following bone marrow/stem cell and solid organ transplant. It provides a comprehensive review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of opportunistic infections and focuses on the clinical concerns of the practitioner. New to the Second Edition: expanded coverage in all sections, algorithms on work-up of infection for each setting, increased focus on the interaction of the infectious diseases specialist with transplanters, new information on increased infectious risk with stem cell and blood transplants, and progress in treatment and diagnosis of viral infections.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
70 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1814 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-3907-8 (9780781739078)
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Raleigh A. Bowden | Per Ljungman | David R. Snydman
Transplant Infections
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Raleigh A. Bowden | Per Ljungman | Carlos V. Paya
Transplant Infections
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10/1998
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
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Content
<ol> SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPLANT INFECTIONS Raleigh A. Bowden, Section Editor Introduction to Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 3 H. Joachim Deeg and Raleigh A. Bowden Introduction to Solid Organ Transplantation 17 Barry D. Kahan and Pablo Troncoso SECTION TWO: RISKS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIONS AFTER TRANSPLANTATION Carlos V. Paya, Section Editor Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Allogeneic Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 31 Kent A. Sepkowitz Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation 39 Elias Anaissie and Marcio Nucci Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Heart Transplantation 51 Susan Keay Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Lung or Heart-Lung Transplantation 63 Joan Gavalda, Antonio Roman, and Albert Pahissa Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Pancreas or Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation 86 Abhinav Humar and Atul Humar Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Renal Transplantation 99 Robert H. Rubin and Nina E. Tolkoff-Rubin Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Liver Transplantation 120 Eun Jeong Kwak and Shimon Kusne Risks and Epidemiology of Infections After Intestinal Transplantation 132 Jorge D. Reyes and Michael Green SECTION THREE: SPECIFIC SITES OF INFECTION Catherine Cordonnier, Section Editor Pneumonia After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 143 Catherine Cordonnier and Isabel Cunningham Skin Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 163 Mazen S. Daoud, Lawrence E. Gibson, and W. P. Daniel Su Central Nervous System Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 175 Karen L. Roos Liver Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 185 Ed Gane and Andrew Woodhouse Gastrointestinal Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 198 George B. McDonald and Michael M. Owens SECTION FOUR: BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Dan Engelhard, Section Editor Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 225 Dan Engelhard, Nina Geller, and David L. Paterson Typical and Atypical Mycobacterium Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 250 Daniel J. Weisdorf Other Bacterial Infections After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 259 J. Stephen Dummer SECTION FIVE: VIRAL INFECTIONS Per Ljungman, Section Editor Cytomegalovirus Infection After Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 277 Michael J. Boeckh and Per Ljungman Cytomegalovirus Infection After Solid Organ Transplantation 298 Carlos V. Paya and Raymund R. Razonable Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Lymphoproliferative Disease After Hemopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation 326 Jutta K. Preiksaitis and Sandra M. Cockfield