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... provide cohort nursing for colonized/infected patients. Control device-related infections. Enlist administrative support proactively. Source: Adapted from: RA Weinstein, Emerg Infect Dis 7:188, ... "staph infections& quot; in some U.S. cities now caused by strains resistant to β-lactam antibiotics (Chap. 129). The potential incursion of these strains into hospitals and the r...

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... and lung transplants—who receive the most intensive immunosuppressive regimens—are most likely to develop EBV-LPD, particularly Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients (Part 7) ... therapy (when indicated), and rapid diagnosis and treatment of infections can be lifesaving in SOT recipients, who, unlike most HSCT recipients, continue to be immunosuppressed....

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... vaccines (Chaps. 116 and 117). In general, these patients should receive any killed or inactivated vaccine preparation appropriate to the area they are visiting; Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant ... Transplant Recipients (Part 14) In the absence of compelling data as to optimal timing, it is reasonable to administer the pneumococcal and H. influenzae type b con...

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... Internal Medicine > Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients Infections in Transplant Recipients: Introduction The evaluation of infections in transplant recipients involves consideration ... corneal transplants. e T. gondii usually causes disease in the brain. In hematopoietic stem cell Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients...

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... varicella-zoster virus. Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients (Part 2) In many transplantation centers, transmission of infections that may be latent or clinically inapparent in the donor ... latent infections already. Nevertheless, most infections occur in a predictable time frame after transplantation (Table 126- 2). Table 126- 2 Common Sources...

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... becomes available. Promising new drugs that are now being assessed in clinical trials include maribavir, a benzimidazole ribonucleoside that inhibits a viral protein kinase activity (UL97). ... ulcerations occur in both the lower and the upper gastrointestinal tract, and it may be difficult to distinguish diarrhea due to GVHD from that due to CMV infection. The finding of CMV in...

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... Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients (Part 5) Like prophylaxis, preemptive treatment, which targets patients with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evidence ... disease. Treatment of CMV pneumonia in HSCT recipients (unlike that in other clinical settings) involves both IV immune globulin (IVIg) and ganciclovir. In patients who cannot tolerate ganciclov...

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... KSHV in the Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients (Part 6) PCR can be used to monitor EBV production after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. High or increasing viral loads ... critical in an assessment of posttransplantation infections. to have activity against the different forms of latent EBV infection. Preventing lytic replication in these pat...

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... Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients (Part 8) Kidney Transplantation (See Table 126- 4) Table 126- 4 Common Infections after Kidney Transplantation Period after Transplantation ... Nocardia; invasive fungi Central nervous system Listeria (meningitis); Toxoplasma gondii CMV disease; Listeria (meningitis); Cryptococcus (meningitis); Table...

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... Chapter 126. Infections in Transplant Recipients (Part 9) Middle-Period Infections Because of continuing immunosuppression, kidney transplant recipients are predisposed to lung infections ... Legionella pneumophila infection (Chap. 141) led to the closing of renal transplant units in hospitals with endemic legionellosis. About 50% of all renal transplant...

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