Pulmonary infection in the immuno-compromised patient [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for management / / edited by Carlos Agusti ́and Antoni Torres

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139760703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-23742-X; 9786612237423; 0-470-71417-4; 0-470-71418-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (459 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AgustíCarlos; Torres MartíA (Antoni)
• Disciplina: 616.2/4; 616.24
• Soggetti: Respiratory infections; Lungs - Infections; Immunosuppression - Complications; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: PULMONARY INFECTION IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Lung Immune Defences in the Immunosuppressed Patient; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Host defence function in health; 1.3 Host defence function in select immunocompromised patients; 1.4 Summary and future directions for this field; 2 Microbiological Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections in the Immunocompromised; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 HIV infection and Mycobacterium tuberculosis; 2.3 HIV infection and non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM); 2.4 HIV and Pneumocystis jirovecii; 2.5 Infections in transplant patients or other immunodeficiencies2.6 Concluding remarks; 3 Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patient; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Clinical assessment; 3.3 Blood cultures; 3.4 Sputum; 3.5 Endotracheal aspirate; ; 3.6 Non bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage; 3.7 Protected brush sample (PBS); 3.8 Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL); 3.9 Transbronchial biopsy (TBB); 3.10 Surgical lung biopsy (SLB); 3.11 Sample processing; 3.12 Clinical approach to pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patient; 3.13 Conclusion; 4 Pulmonary Imaging in Immunocompromised Patients; 4.1 Pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patient4.2 Respiratory infections; 4.3 Interventional procedures in patients with pneumonia; 4.4 Summary; 5 Pulmonary Infections in HIV Patients in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Epidemology and etiology; 5.3 Diagnosis; 5.4 Prognosis; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Neutropenia; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Management of the neutropenic patient; 6.3 Specific infectious diseases; 7 General Management of Suspected Pneumonia in the Solid Organ Transplant Patient; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Epidemiology; 7.3 Differential diagnosis and non-infectious complications7.4 Diagnostic approach; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Respiratory Infections Following Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; 8.1 Immune system recovery after HSCT; 8.2 Bacterial pneumonia; 8.3 Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; 8.4 Cytomegalovirus; 8.5 Community respiratory viruses; 8.6 Non-infectious pulmonary complications; 8.7 Conclusion; 9 Chronic Non-infectious Pulmonary Complications in Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Bronchiolitis Obliterans (BO); 9.3 Bronchiolitis Obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP); 9.4 Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS)9.5 Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH); 9.6 Peri-engraftment respiratory distress syndrome (PERDS); 9.7 Delayed pulmonary toxicity syndrome (DPTS); 9.8 Pulmonary cytolytic thrombi (PCT); 9.9 Other non-infectious pulmonary complications; 9.10 Summary; 10 Pulmonary Infections in Patients on Chronic Glucocorticoid Treatment; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Associated inflammatory response in pneumonia; 10.3 Glucocorticoids: Mechanisms of action; 10.4 Glucocorticoid therapy in clinical practice; 10.5 Diagnostic approach; 10.6 Empirical treatment of suspected pneumonia in patients receiving chronic GC therapy
• Sommario/riassunto: The immuno-compromised patient is more susceptible to a broader range of infections than others, and infections of the respiratory tract are among the first and most common to be encountered. In this book the authors review current options for management for a group of patients that present unique challenges to the clinician, and for whom the choices of effective therapy are often limited.Most up to date book available dedicated specifically to this topicMajor management issue in respiratory medicine for critical care, transplant and cancer patientsReviews important new advan