Clinical approach to infection in the compromised host
By: edited by Robert H. Rubin and Lowell S. Young ; with a foreword by Ralph Van Furth.
Contributors: Rubin, Robert H., 1941-; Young, Lowell S.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 719
Subjects: Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes -- complications; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- immunology; Immunocompromised Host -- immunology; Opportunistic Infections -- immunology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 2. Defects in host defense mechanisms; title: Ch. 3. Mucocutaneous infections in the immunocompromised host; title: Ch. 4. Clinical approach to the compromised host with fever and pulmonary infiltrates; title: Ch. 5. Central nervous system infection in the immunocompromised host; title: Ch. 6. Fungal infections in the immunocompromised host; title: Ch. 7. Mycobacterial and nocardial diseases in the compromised host; title: Ch. 8. Pneumocystis carinii and parasitic infections in the immunocompromised host; title: Ch. 9. Viral hepatitis in the compromised host; title: Ch. 10. The herpesviruses; title: Ch. 11. Morbidity in compromised patients related to viruses other than herpes group and hepatitis viruses; title: Ch. 12. Pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of HIV-1 infection; title: Ch. 13. Infectious complications in children with cancer and children with human immunodeficiency virus infection; title: Ch. 14. Infections complicating congenital immunodeficiency syndromes; title: Ch. 15. Management of infections in leukemia and lymphoma; title: Ch. 16. Infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; title: Ch. 17. Infection in the organ transplant recipient; title: Ch. 18. Surgical aspects in infection in the compromised host.