Chapter 132 Infections Caused by Listeria monocytogenes (Part 3) docx

... aeruginosa bacteremia (Chap. 145) but may be caused by other bacteria. Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 3) The level of suspicion of infections with certain organisms should ... lesions may permit the diagnosis of systemic bacterial or fungal infection. While cellulitis caused by skin organisms such as Streptococcus or Staphylococcus is commo...

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... inhibited by expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors such as angiostatin, or through the use of RNAi-mediated Chapter 065. Gene Therapy in Clinical Medicine (Part 3) ... a form of retinal degenerative disease, characterized by severe early-onset blindness. This disease, not currently treatable, is caused by mutations in several different genes;...

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... patients with invasive disease, but only when combined with definitive treatment of the bladder by radical cystectomy or radiation therapy. Thus, for the majority of patients, chemotherapy alone ... clear the bladder of disease. Experimental studies are evaluating bladder preservation strategies by combining Indications for cystectomy include muscle-invading tumors not suitable for...

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... Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 2) A similar problem can affect patients whose lymph node integrity has been disrupted by radical surgery, particularly ... of cellulitis (usually caused by streptococci or staphylococci) because of lymphedema and/or inadequate lymph drainage. In most cases, this problem can be addressed by local measures designed

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... spp. Acinetobacter spp. a Citrobacter spp. Gram-positive bacilli Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 4) Figure 82-1 ... method for diagnosis. Cellulitis, an acute spreading inflammation of the skin, is most often caused by infection with group A Streptococcus or Staphylococcus aureus, virulent organisms normally ... neutropenic patients. A tiny...

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... usual chemotherapy-, antibiotic-, and cytokine-induced rashes, are plagued by graft-versus-host disease. Catheter-Related Infections Because IV catheters are commonly used in cancer chemotherapy ... the care of patients with cancer. Some catheter-associated infections can be treated with antibiotics, Fungi Recommende d — Fungal infections of catheters are extremely difficult...

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... Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 6) More common than tunnel infections are exit-site infections, often with erythema around ... with infections due to P. aeruginosa and Candida species, since such infections are difficult to treat and bloodstream infections with these organisms are likely to be deadly. Catheter infections ... authorities (Chap....

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... to have infections caused by these bacteria. Other cancer patients, however, because of their defective cellular immunity, are likely to be infected with other pathogens (Table 82 -3). Encephalitis ... fludarabine), or (3) antibodies that eliminate T cells (e.g., anti-CD3) or cytokine activity. Infection with varicella- zoster virus (VZV) has been associated with encephalitis that...

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... Chapter 082. Infections in Patients with Cancer (Part 8) Brain Masses Mass lesions of the brain most often present as headache with or without fever or neurologic abnormalities. Infections ... neurologic abnormalities. Infections associated with mass lesions may be caused by bacteria (particularly Nocardia), fungi (particularly Cryptococcus or Aspergillus), or parasites...

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