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Main description:
The major goal of Opportunistic Infections: Treatment and Prophylaxis is to guide cli- cians who provide care for patients suffering from an underlying immunodeficiency that may significantly weaken their immune defenses and will complicate the effective treatment of opportunistic infections. In spite of a wealth of isolated data, no single text exists in which all the essential information about various infectious opportunistic infections. Although I make no claim to completeness, it is my hope that the present book will fulfill that need. To achieve this goal, I have endeavored to integrate both results from large-scale clinical trials and trials involving small numbers of patients, as well as reports of single cases-mindful that such an approach has its limitations. Opportunistic Infections: Treatment and Prophylaxis is organized into four major parts: bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal diseases affecting the immunocompromised population. Each part surveys individual infections caused not only by well-known etiologic agents, but also by new and emerging species often taxonomically closely related to a major disea- producing microorganism and until recently not considered to be human pathogens (Candida spp. and nontuberculous mycobacteria, for example). For the sake of uniformity, within each part, the species have been arranged according to their taxonomic characteristics.
Contents:
Part I. Viral Infections
Chapter 1. Cytomegalovirus
Chapter 2. Varicella-Zoster Virus (Herpes Zoster) Infections
Chapter 3. Herpes Simplex Virus
Part II. Bacterial Infections
Chapter 4. Nocardia spp.
Chapter 5. Oerskovia ssp.
Chapter 6. Rhodococcus equi
Chapter 7. Tsukamurella ssp.
Chapter 8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Chapter 9. Mycobacterium bovis
Chapter 10. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Chapter 11. Listeria monocytogenes
Chapter 12. Gastrointestinal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
Part III. Parasitic Infections
Chapter 13. Cryptosporidium spp.
Chapter 14. Isospora spp.
Chapter 15. Toxoplasma gondii
Chapter 16. Microsporidia
Chapter 17. Strongyloides stercoralis
Chapter 18. Cyclospora spp.
Part IV. Fungal Infections
Chapter 19. Cryptococcus neoformans
Chapter 20. Candida albicans
Chapter 21. Emerging Candida spp. Infections
Chapter 22. Trichosporon beigelii
Chapter 23. Rhodotorula spp.
Chapter 24. Hansenula (Pichia) spp.
Chapter 25. Dematiaceous Fungal Infections: Phaeohyphomycosis and Chromoblastomycosis
Chapter 26. Hyalohyphomycosis
Chapter 27. Histoplasma spp.
Chapter 28. African Histoplasmosis
Chapter 29. Blastomyces dermatidis
Chapter 30. Aspergillus spp.
Chapter 31. Coccidiodes immitis
Chapter 32. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Chapter 33. Penicillium marneffei
Chapter 34. Zygomycosis (Murcormycosis, Phycomycosis)
Chapter 35. Pneumocystis carinii
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2010
Pages: 568
Weight: 1068g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Infectious Diseases
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