Managing Infections in Patients With Hematological Malignancies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kleinberg, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Edition: 1st.
• Series: Contemporary Hematology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Hematology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Managing infections that complicate care of neutropenic patients with leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell recipients has become a distinct specialty. In Managing Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies, the authors and editor draw on their extensive expertise while providing a roadma...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Approach to the Patient
• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections
• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia and Febrile Neutropenia
• Lymphomas and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Multiple Myeloma
• Stem Cell Transplantation
• Modulation of Immune Function
• Prophylaxis
• Infection Control and Prevention
• Immunizations
• Issues in Anti-infective Management.