Pulmonary Infection in the Immunocompromised Patient

Strategies for Management
Ed. by Antoni Torres and Carlos Agusti

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The immuno-compromised patient is more susceptible to a broader range of infections than others, and infections of the respiratory tract are among the first and most common to be encountered.

In this book the authors review current options for management for a group of patients that present unique challenges to the clinician, and for whom the choices of effective therapy are often limited.
Most up to date book available dedicated specifically to this topic
Major management issue in respiratory medicine for critical care, transplant and cancer patients
Reviews important new advances in therapeutics, including drug resistance

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14531957000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 174mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 928g
• ISBN-13: 9780470319574
• ISBN-10: 0470319577
• Artikelnr.: 25042891

Autorenporträt

Carlos Agusti and Antoni Torres are the authors of Pulmonary Infection in the Immunocompromised Patient: Strategies for Management, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Lung Immune Defences in the
Immunosuppressed Patient (Naimish Patel and Henry Koziel). 2.
Microbiological Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections in the
Immunocompromised (Margareta Ieven). 3. Diagnosis of Pneumonia in
Immunocompromised Patients (Robert P. Baughman and Elyse E. Lower). 4.
Pulmonary Imaging in Immunocompromised Patients (Tom s Franquet). 5.
Pulmonary Infections in HIV Patients in the Highly Active Antiretroviral
Therapy Era (Natividad Benito and Asunci¢n Moreno-Camacho). 6. Neutropenia
(Maria J. Rping, J"rg J. Vehreschild, Santiago Ewig, and Oliver A.
Cornely). 7. General Management of Suspected Pneumonia in the Solid Organ
Transplant Paitent (Andrew F. Shorr). 8. Respiratory Infections Following
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Ayman O. Soubani). 9. Chronic
Non-infectious Pulmonary Complications in Haematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation (Bekele Afessa and Steve G. Peters). 10. Pulmonary
Infections in Patients on Chronic Glucocorticoid Treatment (Ana Rä¢ and
Carlos Agust¡). 11. Intensive Care Management in the Immunocompromised
Patient with Pulmonary Infiltrates (Gilles Hilbert, Didier Gruson, and
Frederic Vargas). 12. Current Strategies and Future Directions in
Antibacterial Treatment (Jan Jelrik Oosterheert and Andy I.M. Hoepelman).
13. Current Strategies in the Treatment of Fungal Infections in the
Intensive Care Unit Setting (Mitchell Goldman and George A. Sarosi). 14.
Current Strategies and Future Directions in Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Pneumonitis (Julio C. Medina and Jos, M. Aguado). 15. Antiviral Agents
against Respiratory Viruses (Michael G. Ison). Index.