Infectious Complications in Transplant Recipients

1. Front Matter

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2. Criteria for Accepting Donors for Organ Transplantation with Proven or Suspected Infection

   1. Criteria for Accepting Donors with Proven or Suspected Infection for Organ Transplantation

      • Francis L. Delmonico

      Pages 1-15

   2. Criteria for Accepting Donors for Organ Transplantation with Proven or Suspected Infection

      • Tomàs Pumarola, Asunción Moreno y Marino Blanes

      Pages 17-29

3. Community Respiratory Viral Infections: An Overlooked Cause of Morbidity and Mortality in Transplant Recipients

   1. Community Respiratory Viral Infections

      • Lisa R. Young, Scott M. Palmer

      Pages 31-56

   2. Community Respiratory Viral Infections: An Overlooked Cause of Morbidity and Mortality in Transplant Recipients

      • Núria Rabella

      Pages 57-73

4. Advances in Cytomegalovirus Diagnostic Testing and Their Implications for Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Transplant Recipients

   1. Advances in CMV Diagnostic Testing and Their Implications for the Management of CMV Infection in Transplant Recipients

      • John A. Zaia, Karen M. Molinder

      Pages 75-92

   2. Advances in Cytomegalovirus Diagnostic Testing and Their Implications for Management of Cytomegalovirus Infec tion in Transplant Recipients

      • Paolo Grossi

      Pages 93-112

5. Posttransplant Fever in Critically Ill Organ Transplant Recipients

   1. Posttransplant Fever in Critically Ill Organ Transplant Recipients

      • Nina Singh

      Pages 113-132

   2. Posttransplant Fever in Critically Ill Organ Transplant Recipients

      • Patricia Muñoz, Emilio Bouza

      Pages 133-148

6. Approach Towards Infectious Pulmonary Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients

   1. Approach Towards Infectious Pulmonary Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients

      • Kevin M. Chan

      Pages 149-175

   2. Approach Towards Infectious Pulmonary Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients

      • Julián de la Torre-Cisneros

      Pages 177-192

7. Antifungal Prophylaxis and Therapy: Controversies and Emerging Issues

   1. Antifungal Prophylaxis and Therapy: Controversies and Emerging Issues

      • Edward A. Dominguez

      Pages 193-209

   2. Antifungal prophylaxis and therapy: controversies and emerging issues

      • Jan Tollemar

      Pages 211-229

8. Role of Neuroimaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Central Nervous System Lesions and Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients

   1. Role of Neuroimaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Central Nervous System Lesions and Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients

      • Melanie B. Fukui

      Pages 231-247

   2. Role of Neuroimaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Central Nervous System Lesions and Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients

      • Luis C. Pons, Carlos Aguilera

      Pages 249-264

9. Antimicrobial Resistance in Organ Transplant Recipients

   1. Antimicrobial Resistance in Organ Transplant Recipients

      • David L. Paterson

      Pages 265-282

   2. Antimicrobial Resistance in Organ Transplant Recipients

      • Jim Wade

      Pages 283-301

10. Back Matter

    Pages 303-312

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Infectious Complications in Transplant Patients has been uniquely designed and formatted to address issues and trends pertaining to pathogens deemed important in critically ill transplant patients. The chapters have been carefully selected so as to direct the focus of the book towards current approaches to controversial, emerging or topical problems in these patients.
Each chapter has been authored by a North American and a European specialist. This format serves to impart an added dimension reflective of the diversity of opinions and practices pertaining to unresolved or controversial issues. The authors are recognized experts in their respective fields.

• antimicrobial
• antimicrobial resistance
• infection
• infections
• infectious
• viral infection
• infectious diseases

• Infectious Diseases Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

  Nina Singh

• Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

  Nina Singh

• Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Microbiology, Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain

  José M. Aguado

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