1. Edition - January 2009
125.- Euro
2009. 458 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-31957-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-31957-4 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Detailed description
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

From the contents
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 Ra¤¢ 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.