Emerging Transplant Infections Clinical Challenges and Implications

Given the rapidly evolving nature of emerging infections and topics in transplant infections, no resource has been published on these increasingly notorious issues; this this text is written by top, global experts who regularly update the material to ensure that readers will always have access to th...

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Other Authors: Morris, Michele I. (Editor), Kotton, Camille Nelson (Editor), Wolfe, Cameron R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
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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