Title Transplant infections / editors: Per Ljungman, David Snydman, Michael Boeckh

Edition Fourth edition Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 1000 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Introduction to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Introduction to Solid Organ Transplantation -- Immunosuppressive Agents -- Common drug Interactions encountered in treating transplant-related infections -- Diagnostic methods; general principles -- Risks and Epidemiology of Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Risks and Epidemiology of Infections after Solid organ transplantation -- Donor derived infections. Incidence, prevention, and management -- Transplant infections in developing countries -- Risks and Epidemiology after Heart Transplantation -- Risks after Lung or heart-lung Transplantation -- Infections in Kidney Transplant recipients -- Risks and epidemiology of infections after pancreas or kidney-pancreas transplantation -- Risks and epidemiology of infections liver transplantation -- Risks and epidemiology of infections after intestinal transplantation -- Pneumonia after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Central Nervous System Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Gastrointestinal infections after solid organ or hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Typical and Atypical Mycobacterium Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Other Bacterial Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Cytomegalovirus Infection after Stem Cell Transplantation -- Cytomegalovirus Infection after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Lymphoproliferative Disorders after Transplantation -- Herpes Simplex and Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Human Herpesvirus-6, 7, and 8 Infections after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Human Herpesvirus-6, 7, and 8 Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Influenza and Parainfluenza Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Respiratory Syncytial virus and Metapneumovirus after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Other community acquired respiratory virus infections after transplantation -- Adenovirus infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Adenovirus infection in solid organ transplantation -- Polyoma and papillomavirus infections after Transplantation -- Hepatitis virus infections after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Hepatitis B and C after Stem Cell Transplantation -- Yeast Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Yeast Infections after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Mold Infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Aspergillus and other mold Infections after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Other fungal infections after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Toxoplasmosis after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Toxoplasmosis after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Parasites after Hematopoietic Stem Cell or Solid Organ Transplantation -- Infection Control Issues after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Infection Control Issues after Solid Organ Transplantation -- Vaccination of Transplant Recipients -- Growth Factors and Other Immunomodulators -- Adoptive Immunotherapy with Herpesvirus-Specific T Cells -- Emerging and rare viral infections in transplantation -- Travel Medicine, Vaccines, and Transplant Tourism -- Microbiome in Transplantation -- Special consideration for long term survivors Summary As the number of patients undergoing hematotopoietic or solid organ transplantation increases, a deep understanding of the field of transplant infectious diseases grows increasingly vital. With its extensively revised and updated review of surgical infections, treatment, prevention, and practice, this book is the ultimate guide to advances in the field of transplant infections that are rapidly implemented into practice both in diagnostic technologies, new therapies, new transplant practices, and challenges such as the threat of multiresistant bacteria and the increasing use of transplantation in the developing parts of the world. Written by experts in their fields, this book is the only comprehensive source of cutting-edge information on transplant infections and has been a trusted guide to medical professionals worldwide for nearly two decades. Transplant Infections is of paramount value to infectious disease specialists, transplant physicians, medical students, fellows, residents, and all medical professionals working with surgical patients Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 17, 2016) Subject Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Complications. Communicable diseases Transplantation -- adverse effects Bacterial Infections -- etiology Mycoses -- etiology Virus Diseases -- etiology Communicable Diseases Communicable diseases Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Complications Form Electronic book Author Ljungman, Per, editor. Snydman, David R., editor. Boeckh, Michael, editor LC no. 2016942482 ISBN 9783319287973 3319287974 3319287958 9783319287959

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