Infectious Complications in Transplant Recipients

Description

Infectious Complications in Transplant Patients has been uniquely designed and formatted to address issues and trends pertaining to pathogens deemed important in critically ill transplant patients. The chapters have been carefully selected so as to direct the focus of the book towards current approaches to controversial, emerging or topical problems in these patients. Each chapter has been authored by a North American and a European specialist. This format serves to impart an added dimension reflective of the diversity of opinions and practices pertaining to unresolved or controversial issues. The authors are recognized experts in their respective fields. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Criteria for Accepting Donors with Proven or Suspected Infection for Organ Transplantation....Pages 1-15 Criteria for Accepting Donors for Organ Transplantation with Proven or Suspected Infection....Pages 17-29 Community Respiratory Viral Infections....Pages 31-56 Community Respiratory Viral Infections: An Overlooked Cause of Morbidity and Mortality in Transplant Recipients....Pages 57-73 Advances in CMV Diagnostic Testing and Their Implications for the Management of CMV Infection in Transplant Recipients....Pages 75-92 Advances in Cytomegalovirus Diagnostic Testing and Their Implications for Management of Cytomegalovirus Infec tion in Transplant Recipients....Pages 93-112 Posttransplant Fever in Critically Ill Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 113-132 Posttransplant Fever in Critically Ill Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 133-148 Approach Towards Infectious Pulmonary Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients....Pages 149-175 Approach Towards Infectious Pulmonary Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients....Pages 177-192 Antifungal Prophylaxis and Therapy: Controversies and Emerging Issues....Pages 193-209 Antifungal prophylaxis and therapy: controversies and emerging issues....Pages 211-229 Role of Neuroimaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Central Nervous System Lesions and Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 231-247 Role of Neuroimaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Central Nervous System Lesions and Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 249-264 Antimicrobial Resistance in Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 265-282 Antimicrobial Resistance in Organ Transplant Recipients....Pages 283-301 Back Matter....Pages 303-312