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Diagnostic microbiology of the immunocompromised host /

Over the past twenty-five years, the number of patients with compromised immune systems has grown astronomically. High-risk patients such as these require a unique set of healthcare solutions that take into consideration everything from the etiology and degree of immune suppression to the individual...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hayden, Randall T. (Editor ), Carroll, Karen C. (Editor ), Tang, Yi-Wei (Editor ), Wolk, Donna M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview of infections in the immunocompromised host / Lesia K. Dropulic and Howard M. Lederman
  • Hiv / Yun F. (Wayne) Wang [and others]
  • Cytomegalovirus / Cari R. Sloma, Thomas E. Grys, and Raymund R. Razonable
  • Epstein barr virus and human herpesvirus / David T. Rowe, Frank J. Jenkins, and Heather R. Hensler
  • HSV, VZV, HHV-6, and HHV-7 / Paula A. Revell, James H. Clark III, and Beverly B. Rogers
  • Adenovirus / Michael G. Ison and Randall T. Hayden
  • RNA respiratory viruses / Michael G. Ison and Eric S. Rosenberg
  • Enteroviruses / James J. Dunn
  • Parvovirus / Marie Louise Landry
  • Filamentous fungi / Gary W. Procop, Randall T. Hayden, and Glenn D. Roberts
  • Yeast infections in the immunocompromised host : current status of diagnostic approaches / Justin A. Bishop and William G. Merz
  • Mycobacteria / Nancy G. Warren and Gail L. Woods
  • Aerobic actinomycetes of clinical significance / Michael A. Saubolle
  • Diagnostic parasitology in the immunocompromised patient / Lynne S. Garcia
  • Etiology, epidemiology, and diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised patients / Karen C. Carroll
  • Genitourinary tract infections / Barbara L. Haller
  • Gastrointestinal infections / Irving Nachamkin
  • Central nervous system infections / Igen Hongo, Karen C. Bloch, and Yi-Wei Tang
  • Laboratory diagnosis of bloodstream infections in the immunocompromised host / Cathy A. Petti, Hafsa Hassan, and L. Barth Reller
  • Infections of soft tissue/prosthetic devices / Xiang Y. Han
  • Hospital-associated infections / Fann Wu, Susan Whittier, and Phyllis Della-Latta
  • Future trends in diagnosis of infections in the immunocompromised population / Donna M. Wolk and Elizabeth M. Marlowe.