Skin Diseases in the Immunocompromised

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hall, John C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

As the number of surviving immune suppressed patients continues to rise, skin manifestations of patients have become increasingly important. AIDS patients, and renal, heart, liver, bone marrow, and lung transplant patients are now living longer and immunosuppressive drugs are being used more frequen...

Table of Contents:

• Diabetes
• AIDS
• Inherited Immune Diseases
• Cancer Patients
• Solid Organ Transplantation
• Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Graft vs. Host Disease
• Biologics
• Chemotherapy
• Corticosteroids
• Tyrosine Kinase Drugs
• The Elderly
• The Newborn
• UVA and UVB
• Ionizing Radiation Therapy.