Infectious Diseases in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients A practical approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Manuel, Oriol (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ison, Michael G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Infectious diseases.; Surgical transplantation.; Critical care medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Transplant Surgery.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This book describes a practical approach to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infectious complications in solid-organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients, based on both up-to-date clinical evidence and state of the art expert opinion from world-renowned experts in the field. The bo...

Table of Contents:

• Section A: general transplant infectious diseases
• 1. Current epidemiology of infection in SOT recipients: a general schedule
• 2. How I assess the risk of infection in SOT recipients
• 3. Pre- and peri- transplant period: screening and treatment of infections in the pre transplant period, donor derived infection
• 4. Early post transplant period. Peri and post transplant preventive strategies. Antiviral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial prevention
• 5. Late post transplant period. Post transplant vaccination, travel advice, food-borne infections
• Section B: specific pathogens
• 1. How I prevent and treat CMV infection (and other herpesviruses)
• 2. How I prevent and treat EBV related complications
• 3. How I prevent and treat polyomavirus infection
• 4. How I prevent and treat respiratory virus infection
• 5. How I prevent and treat viral hepatitis
• 6. How I prevent and treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infection
• 7. How I prevent and treat mold infections
• 8. How I prevent and treat yeast infections
• 9. How I prevent and treat mycobacterial infections
• 10. How I prevent and treat other opportunistic infections: nocardia, toxoplasmosis, pneumocystis, Chagas
• Section C: management of specific syndromes
• 1. Management of pneumonia
• 2. Management of CNS infections
• 3. Management of UTI
• 4. Management of infections of devices: catheter-related infections, pre transplant VAD infections, infections of ECMO devices
• 5. Management of skin infections.