Pulmonary infection in the immunocompromised patient :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
strategies for management /
First Statement of Responsibility
editors, Carlos Agusti and Antoni Torres
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Hoboken, NJ :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Wiley-Blackwell,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 443 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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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 --