Infections in Transplant and Oncology Patients, an Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics: Volume 24-2

ISBN-13: 9781437718317 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 1 str.

Kieren A. Marr; Aruna Subramanian

Opis

Transplant and oncology patients present a challenge to the infectious disease specialist because many of the entities that infect them are hard to diagnose.? Chemotherapy may further complicate the situation, since it may contraindicate a biopsy or interfere with antibiotic therapy. This issue of Infectious Disease Clinics provides specific information on several entities with the purpose of helping physicians to best treat these difficult infections.