Opportunistic Infections

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Viral Infections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Cytomegalovirus

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      Pages 3-22

   3. Varicella-Zoster Virus (Herpes Zoster) Infections

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      Pages 23-32

   4. Herpes Simplex Virus

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      Pages 33-51

3. Bacterial Infections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Nocardia spp.

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      Pages 55-69

   3. Oerskovia ssp.

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      Pages 71-72

   4. Rhodococcus equi

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      Pages 73-78

   5. Tsukamurella ssp.

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      Pages 79-80

   6. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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      Pages 81-89

   7. Mycobacterium bovis

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      Pages 91-94

   8. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections

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      Pages 95-128

   9. Listeria monocytogenes

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      Pages 129-134

   10. Gastrointestinal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host

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       Pages 135-139

4. Parasitic Infections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Cryptosporidium spp.

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      Pages 143-157

   3. Isospora spp.

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      Pages 159-162

   4. Toxoplasma gondii

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      Pages 163-182

   5. Microsporidia

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      Pages 183-193

The major goal of Opportunistic Infections: Treatment and Prophylaxis is to guide cli- cians who provide care for patients suffering from an underlying immunodeficiency that may significantly weaken their immune defenses and will complicate the effective treatment of opportunistic infections. In spite of a wealth of isolated data, no single text exists in which all the essential information about various infectious opportunistic infections. Although I make no claim to completeness, it is my hope that the present book will fulfill that need. To achieve this goal, I have endeavored to integrate both results from large-scale clinical trials and trials involving small numbers of patients, as well as reports of single cases—mindful that such an approach has its limitations. Opportunistic Infections: Treatment and Prophylaxis is organized into four major parts: bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal diseases affecting the immunocompromised population. Each part surveys individual infections caused not only by well-known etiologic agents, but also by new and emerging species often taxonomically closely related to a major disea- producing microorganism and until recently not considered to be human pathogens (Candida spp. and nontuberculous mycobacteria, for example). For the sake of uniformity, within each part, the species have been arranged according to their taxonomic characteristics.

• Parasitic Infections
• Virus
• bacteria
• bacterial infection
• bacterial infections
• fungal infection
• infection
• infections
• infectious
• infectious disease
• infectious diseases
• intestinal infections
• viral infection

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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