Bookedited by Randall T. Hayden, Donna M. Wolk, Karen C. Carroll, Yi-Wei Tang.
Contents:
I. Overview of infections in the immunocompromised host
Overview of infections in the immunocompromised host / Lesia K. Dropulic and Howard M. Lederman
II. Laboratory diagnosis: approaches, interpretations, and limitations : infections by specific etiologic agents
Human immunodeficiency virus / Wendy S. Armstrong, Jeannette Guarner, Colleen S. Kraft, and Angela M. Caliendo
Chronic hepatitis B, C, and D in the immunocompromised patient / Bryan R. Cobb and Alexandra Valsamakis
Cytomegalovirus / Veronica Dioverti and Raymund R. Razonable
Epstein-Barr infection in the immunocompromised host / Andrew Nowalk and Michael Green
Herpes simplex virus and Varicella-Zoster virus / Myron J. Levin, Adriana Weinberg, and D. Scott Schmid
Human herpesviruses 6A, 6B and 7 / Henri Agut, Pascale Bonnafous, and Agnes Gautheret-Dejean
Human papillomavirus / Eileen M. Burd and Christina L. Dean
Polyomaviruses / Linda Cook
Adenovirus / Michael G. Ison and Randall T. Hayden
Respiratory RNA viruses / Richard L. Hodinka
Enteroviruses and parechoviruses / James J. Dunn
Parvovirus B19 / Marie Louise Landry
Filamentous fungi / Margaret V. Powers-Fletcher, Brian A. Kendall, Allen T. Griffin, and Kimberly E. Hanson
Yeasts / Sean X. Zhang and Nathan P. Wiederhold
Mycobacteria / Patricia J. Simner, Gail L. Woods, and Nancy L. Wengenack
Aerobic actinomycetes of clinical significance / A. Brian Mochon, Den Sussland, and Michael A. Saubolle
Parasites / Elitza S. Theel and Bobbi S. Pritt
Aerobic bacteria and infections in the immunocompromised host / Geraldine Hall and Karen C. Carroll
Selected topics in anaerobic bacteriology / Deirdre L. Church
III. Laboratory diagnosis: approaches, interpretations and limitations : infections of specific organ systems
Etiology, epidemiology and diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised patients / Karen C. Carroll and La'Tonzia L. Adams
Genitourinary tract infections in immunocompromised patients / Odaliz Abreu Lanfranco and George J. Alangaden
Gastrointestinal infections / Kevin Alby and Irving Nachamkin
Central nervous system infections
Andrea J. Zimmer, Victoria E. Burke, and Karen C. Bloch
Bloodstream / Donna M. Wolk, Raquel M. Martinez, and Diana R. Hernandez
Skin and soft tissue infection / Anne Spichler Moffarah, Mayar Al Mohajer, Bonnie L. Hurwitz, and David G. Armstrong
IV. Special topics
Prosthetic device infections / Raquel M. Martinez, Thomas R. Bowen, and Michael A. Foltzer
Hospital-associated infections / Esther Babady
Role of surgical pathologic diagnosis for immunocompromised hosts / Mary K. Klassen-Fischer and Ronald C. Neafie.