Clinical approach to infection in the compromised host / edited by Robert H. Rubin and Lowell S. Young ; with a foreword by Ralph Van Furth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubin, Robert H., 1941-

Young, Lowell S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opportunistic infections.

Communicable diseases.

Immunological deficiency syndromes--Complications.

Immunological deficiency syndromes.

Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes--complications.

Immunocompromised Host--immunology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--immunology.

Medical Subjects:

Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes--complications.

Immunocompromised Host--immunology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--immunology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 734 pages)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

At the beginning of the new millennium, it is opportune to review what has been accomplished in the field of infectious diseases during the last decades of the previous century. The paradigm of the immunocompromised host gene has taught much about the pathophysiology of infectious diseases, particularly with regard to immunological aspects of host defense. In the beginning, Robert Good called immunodeficiency syndromes “experiments of nature. ” In the 1960's and subsequent decades, the clinical and immunological aspects of immune deficiencies were studied and adequate treatment attempted. A reflection of these developments were the three successful meetings on these topics in Veldhoven, The Netherlands (1980), Stirling, Scotland. Since then, the IIHS has organized meetings every two years...

Contents:

Defects in Host Defense Mechanisms

Mucocutaneous Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

Clinical Approach to the Compromised Host with Fever and Pulmonary Infiltrates

Central Nervous System Infection in the Immunocompromised Host

Fungal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

Mycobacterial and Nocardial Diseases in the Compromised Host

Pneumocystis carinii and Parasitic Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

Viral Hepatitis in the Compromised Host

The Herpesviruses

Morbidity in Compromised Patients Related to Viruses Other than Herpes Group and Hepatitis Viruses

Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations of HIV-1 Infection

Infectious Complications in Children with Cancer and Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Infections Complicating Congenital Immunodeficiency Syndromes

Management of Infections in Leukemia and Lymphoma

Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Infection in the Organ Transplant Recipient

Surgical Aspects of Infection in the Compromised Host.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Printed edition

ISBN:

1-280-20014-6

9786610200146

0-306-47527-8

OCLC:

923696155