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UNINA9910877640503321 |
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Pulmonary infection in the immuno-compromised patient : strategies for management / / edited by Carlos Agusti and Antoni Torres |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-23742-X |
9786612237423 |
0-470-71417-4 |
0-470-71418-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (459 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AgustiCarlos |
Torres MartiA (Antoni) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Respiratory infections |
Lungs - Infections |
Immunosuppression - Complications |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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