Pulmonary infection in the immunocompromised patient :
[Book]
strategies for management /
editors, Carlos Agusti and Antoni Torres
Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2009
xiii, 443 p. :
ill. ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chronic non-infectious pulmonary complications in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation / Bekele Afessa, Steve G. Peters -- Pulmonary infections in patients on chronic glucocorticoid treatment / Ana Rañó, Carlos Agusti ́-- Intensive care management in the immunocompromised patient with pulmonary infiltrates / Gilles Hilbert, Didier Gruson, Frederic Vargas -- Current strategies and future directions in antibacterial treatment / Jan Jelrik Oosterheert, Andy I.M. Hoepelman -- Current strategies in the treatment of fungal infections in the intensive care unit setting / Mitchell Goldman, George A. Sarosi -- Current strategies and future directions in cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis / Julio C. Medina, José M. Aguado -- Antiviral agents against respiratory viruses / Michael G. Ison
Lung immune defences in the immunosuppressed patient / Naimish Patel, Henry Koziel -- Microbiological diagnosis of respiratory infections in the immunocompromised / Margareta Ieven -- Diagnosis of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients / Robert P. Baughman, Elyse E. Lower -- Pulmonary imaging in immunocompromised patients / Tomás Franquet -- Pulmonary infections in HIV patients in the highly active antiretroviral therapy era / Natividad Benito, Asunción Moreno-Camacho -- Neutropenia / Maria J. Rüping, Jörg J. Vehreschild, Santiago Ewig, Oliver A. Cornely -- General management of suspected pneumonia in the solid organ transplant paitent / Andrew F. Shorr -- Respiratory infections following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation / Ayman O. Soubani --