Emerging Transplant Infections Clinical Challenges and Implications

This updateable reference work is designed to meet the needs of practitioners engaged in transplant infectious disease practice who need immediate access to current and reputable resources. It provides an overview of emerging infectious disease challenges with clinically relevant information regardi...

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Other Authors: Morris, Michele I. (Editor), Kotton, Camille Nelson (Editor), Wolfe, Camille (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Multidrug Resistant Organisms including Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Producing Organisms & Carbapenemase Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
  • Slow Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
  • Nocardia
  • Mycoplasma / Ureaplasma
  • Pseudomonas including Pseudomonas pseudomallei
  • Acinetobacter
  • Burkholderia
  • Clostridia Difficile
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Herpes Simplex
  • Varicella Zoster
  • Epstein Barr Virus including PTLD
  • HHV6, HHV7, HHV8
  • BK Virus
  • Influenza
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  • Respiratory viruses including parainfluenza, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, enterovirus, coronaviruses (MERS CoV & SARS)
  • Adenovirus
  • HIV
  • Hepatitis A & E
  • Hepatitis B & D
  • Hepatitis C
  • West Nile Virus
  • Dengue, Chikungunya, & Zika
  • Yellow Fever
  • Viral Encephalitides including Rabies & Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus
  • Candida
  • Aspergillus
  • Mucorales
  • Infectious Diseases – impact of infections on transplant morbidity/mortality, data on ID impact on outcomes, and important role of Infectious Disease providers in the transplant team
  • Intro to Solid Organ Transplant
  • Intro to Stem Cell Transplantation
  • General concepts
  • Hospital epi / InfControl issues
  • Antibiotic Stewardship for transplant ID
  • Prophylaxis in the era of emerging new infectious pathogens
  • Pre-transplant evaluation of patients with MDRO infection/colonization
  • Pre-transplant screening of patients with epidemiologic & geographic risk factors for infection exposure
  • Safe living post-transplant
  • Vaccination
  • Travel medicine and the Transplant Recipient – Infection Avoidance & Management of the Returning Traveler with Fever including Transplant Tourism
  • Changing definition of Immunosuppression – Biologics, Monoclonal Antibodies – what infections will emerge as a result and how do we prevent them?
  • Non-Aspergillus Molds esp. Phaeohyphomycoses
  • Cryptococcus including gatti
  • Pneumocystis
  • Endemic molds – coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Chagas disease
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Malaria
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Intestinal Parasites including Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Microsporidia, Blastocystis hominis, Isospora, Giardia
  • Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, & Balamuthia
  • Ventricular Assist Devices/ECMO/Cardiac Support
  • Infection in Vascular Composite Allografts
  • Rash
  • Eye infections
  • Pulmonary
  • Diarrhea
  • Encephalitis & Delerium
  • Cytopenias including Anemia and Neutropenic Fever