Diagnostic microbiology of the immunocompromised host
By: edited by Randall T. Hayden ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hayden, Randall T.
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781555813970
Subjects: Diagnostic microbiology -- Technique; Immunological deficiency syndromes -- Diagnosis; Opportunistic infections; Infection; Bacterial Infections; Immunocompromised Host; Microbiological Techniques; Mycoses; Virus Diseases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of infections in the immunocompromised host / Lesia K. Dropulic and Howard M. Lederman; title: Hiv / Yun F. (Wayne) Wang ... [et al.]; title: Cytomegalovirus / Cari R. Sloma, Thomas E. Grys, and Raymund R. Razonable; title: Epstein barr virus and human herpesvirus / David T. Rowe, Frank J. Jenkins, and Heather R. Hensler; title: HSV, VZV, HHV-6, and HHV-7 / Paula A. Revell, James H. Clark III, and Beverly B. Rogers; title: Adenovirus / Michael G. Ison and Randall T. Hayden; title: RNA respiratory viruses / Michael G. Ison and Eric S. Rosenberg; title: Enteroviruses / James J. Dunn; title: Parvovirus / Marie Louise Landry; title: Filamentous fungi / Gary W. Procop, Randall T. Hayden, and Glenn D. Roberts; title: Yeast infections in the immunocompromised host : current status of diagnostic approaches / Justin A. Bishop and William G. Merz; title: Mycobacteria / Nancy G. Warren and Gail L. Woods; title: Aerobic actinomycetes of clinical significance / Michael A. Saubolle; title: Diagnostic parasitology in the immunocompromised patient / Lynne S. Garcia; title: Etiology, epidemiology, and diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised patients / Karen C. Carroll; title: Genitourinary tract infections / Barbara L. Haller; title: Gastrointestinal infections / Irving Nachamkin; title: Central nervous system infections / Igen Hongo, Karen C. Bloch, and Yi-Wei Tang; title: Laboratory diagnosis of bloodstream infections in the immunocompromised host / Cathy A. Petti, Hafsa Hassan, and L. Barth Reller; title: Infections of soft tissue/prosthetic devices / Xiang Y. Han; title: Hospital-associated infections / Fann Wu, Susan Whittier, and Phyllis Della-Latta; title: Future trends in diagnosis of infections in the immunocompromised population / Donna M. Wolk and Elizabeth M. Marlowe.