Clinical approach to infection in the compromised host /
`With admirable clarity the authors-all highly regarded experts in their respective fields-present the clinician with a supremely readable and practical text. The emphasis here is pragmatic, although there is sufficient pathogenesis and physiology to provide a fine balance.'-Journal of the Amer...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Medical Book Co.,
[1994]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Lowell S. Young, Robert H. Rubin
- Epidemiology and prevention of infection in the compromised host / James C. Wade
- Defects in host defense mechanisms / Jos W.M. Van Der Meer
- Fever and septicemia / Lowell S. Young
- Dermatologic manifestations of infection in the compromised host / Elaine T. Kaye [and others]
- Clinical approach to the compromised host with fever and pulmonary infiltrates / Robert H. Rubin, Reginald Green
- Central nervous system infection in the immunocompromised host / Allan R. Tunkel, W. Michael Scheld
- Fungal infections in the immunocompromised host / L. Joseph Wheat
- Mycobacteriosis and nocardiosis in the immunocompromised host / Thomas Barber, Alan M. Sugar
- Pneumocystis carinii and parasitic infections in the immunocompromised host / Jay Alan Fishman
- Legionellosis in the compromised host / Neil M. Ampel, Edward J. Wing
- Viral hepatitis in the compromised host / Jules L. Dienstag, William N. Katkov
- Herpes group virus infections in the compromised host / Martin S. Hirsch.
- (cont) Morbidity in compromised patients related to viruses other than herpes group and hepatitis viruses / Robert T. Schooley
- Pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of HIV-1 infection / Robert T. Schooley
- Human immunodeficiency virus disease and its complications / Michael S. Gottlieb
- Mucocutaneous problems associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection / Richard Allen Johnson, Robert H. Rubin
- Treatment of viral infections in the human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient / Roy M. Gulick, Clyde S. Crumpacker
- Infectious complications in children with cancer and children with human immunodeficiency virus infection / Stephen J. Chanock, Philip A. Pizzo
- Infections complicating congenital immunodeficiency syndromes / John C. Christenson, Harry R. Hill
- Management of infections in leukemia and lymphoma / Lowell S. Young
- Evaluation and management of patients with colagen vascular disease / Donald G. Payan
- Infection complicating bone marrow transplantation / Raleigh A. Bowden, Joel D. Meyers.
- (cont) Infection in the organ transplant recipient / Robert H. Rubin
- Surgical aspects of infection in the compromised host / A. Benedict Cosimi.