Management
of Infections in Immunocompromised Patients
Professor Michel Glauser,
Division of Infectious Disease, Dept. of Medicine CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr Phil Pizzo, Physician in
Chief, Dept. of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
The book provides a practical,
clinically useful guide for any physician involved in the care of
immunocompromised patients, written by world class specialists.
The text is presented clearly
and consistently with design features to increase accessibility of information.
The thinking and questioning patterns of physicians who refer to a specialist
for help are closely followed and all the commonly asked questions are answered.
Features
- Concise,
practical and clinically relevant
- Provides
Clinicians of all disciplines with access to specialist advice
- Covers
the most commonly asked questions about treatment of the immunocompromised
patient
Contents
MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIONS IN
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS
Introduction
PART ONE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1.0 Practical Guide to Host
Defense Mechanisms and the Main Infections Encountered in Immunocompromised (IC)
Patients
1.1 Components of the Natural
Host Defense System
1.2 Defects of the Natural
Host Defense System and their Main Associated Infections
1.3 Main Microorganisms
Causing Infections in the Immunocompromised Host in Relation to the Natural
Host Defense, Mode of Acquisition and Risk Factors
2 Practical Guide to
Diagnostic Procedures in IC patients
2.1 Microbiological Diagnostic
Procedures
A. Sites of Recovery of
Microorganisms
B. Methods of Detection and
Identification of Microorganisms
C. Diagnostic Procedures
according to Sites of Infection
2.2 Non-microbiological
Diagnostic Procedures Sarah Alexander
3 Practical Guide to
Antimicrobial Treatments of Commonly Encountered Infections in IC Patients
PART TWO: SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
Template for Questions to be
Answered
1.0 Patients with Primary (Congenital)
Immunodeficiencies
2.0 Patients with Aplastic
Anaemia
3.0 Patients with Solid
Tumours
4.0 Patients with
Haematological Malignancies
5.0 Bone-Marrow Transplant
Patients
6.0 Patients Receiving Immuno-Suppressive
Therapy for Automimmune Diseases
7.0 Infection in Solid Organ
Transplant Patients: An Introduction
7.1 Renal Transplant Patients
7.2 Liver Transplant Patients
7.3 Heart Transplant Patients
7.4 Lung Transplant Patients
7.5 Intestine Transplant
Patients
7.6 Pancreas Transplant
Patients