Management Of Infections In Solid Organ Transplant Recipients An Issue Of Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America E Book

In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Helen Boucher, Dr. Mossad has created an issue that provides a very current look at the prevention of infections in the solid organ transplant patient. Top authors in the field have contributed clinical reviews on the following topics: Is this organ donor safe; Immunization of solid organ transplant candidates & recipients; Safe living following solid organ transplantation; Strategies for Antimicrobial Stewardship in solid organ transplant recipients; Multi drug resistant bacterial infections in solid organ transplant candidates and recipients; Yeast infections in solid organ transplant recipients; Mold infections in solid organ transplant recipients; Endemic mycoses in solid organ transplant recipients; Prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus infections in solid organ transplant recipients; Management of BK polyomavirus infection in kidney & pancreas transplant recipients; Prevention and treatment of clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in solid organ transplant recipients; Management of viral hepatitis in solid organ transplant recipients; Prevention and management of tuberculosis in solid organ transplant recipients; Management of mycobacteria other than tuberculosis in solid organ transplant recipients; Management of strongyloidiasis in solid organ transplant recipients; and Transplantation in HIV infected patients. Readers will come away with the clinical information and evidence they need to improve outcomes of the organ transplant patient.

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including COVID-19 prevention in organ transplant recipients; COVID-19 management in organ transplant recipients; updates in molecular diagnostics in organ transplant recipients; updates in immunizations for organ transplant recipients; data that inform “low hanging fruit antimicrobial stewardship interventions among solid organ transplant recipients; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews of transplant-related infections, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

The potential etiologies of infection are diverse and these infections can often progress rapidly in SOT patients. Diagnosis can be difficult, owing to the altered anatomy that sometimes follows transplant surgery. Many of the areas related to infections in SOT recipients are unresolved and controversial, and recognized emerging issues include donor-derived infection, the impact of pandemic influenza in the SOT recipient, and drug-resistant infections.

This book describes a practical approach to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of infectious complications in solid-organ transplant (SOT) candidates and recipients, based on both up-to-date clinical evidence and state of the art expert opinion from world-renowned experts in the field. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which explains risk assessment and the general approach to infectious diseases in the pre-, peri-, and early and late post-transplant periods. The remaining two sections address the prevention and treatment of infection with particular pathogens and the management of specific syndromes, such as pneumonia, CNS infections, UTIs, and skin infections. Infections in SOT recipients – often due to multidrug-resistant organisms – represent a major challenge. Preventive strategies need to be adapted according to the type of allograft and period after transplantation. Moreover, toxicity and drug interaction with immunosuppressive drugs must be taken into consideration when treating infectious complications. In explaining in depth how best to ensure allograft and patient survival, this book will be of value to infectious disease specialists and transplant physicians at all levels of experience.

This comprehensive volume provides a platform from which both major and minor infectious diseases related issues are addressed in-depth among this highly susceptible population. The book begins with an overview of infections in various modalities. This is followed by chapters on clinical disorders, etiologic agents, therapeutics, and infection prevention. Chapters include easy-to-follow figures and tables, radiologic images, and pictorial demonstrations of various disease states to familiarize and reacquaint the transplant clinicians and surgeons in practice and training, and those belonging to subspecialties providing supportive care for these patients. Discussions to enumerate the noninfectious causes that mimic infectious diseases; clinical relevance and effective utility of existing and emerging diagnostic tools are presented throughout the book. Authored by leaders in their fields, this book is the go-to reference for management of patients undergoing hematopoietic and solid organ transplantation.

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Helen Boucher, Dr. Jo-Ann Young has put together a state-of the-art issue of the Infectious Disease Clinics of North America devoted to Management of Infectious Diseases in Stem Cell Transplantation and Hematologic Malignancy. Clinical review articles from expert authors are specifically devoted to the following topics, addressing both the stem cell transplant recipient and the hematologic malignancy patient: Chemotherapy Regimens for Hematologic Malignancies and Issues That Affect Infection; Stem Cell Transplantation Technical Issues That Affect Infection in The Recipient; Complications of Stem Cell Transplantation That Cause Infections; Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Preemptive Agents and Regimens for the Prevention of Infection; Workup for Fever During Neutropenia; Herpesvirus Infections; Cytomegalovirus Infections; Respiratory Virus Infections; Other DNA Virus Infections; Bacterial Infections; Fungal Infections; Parasitic Infections; Vaccination; and Immunoglobulin Replacement. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to manage infections and improve outcomes in these patients.

In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Kimberly E. Hanson and Hannah Imlay bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Transplant-Related Infections. Top experts highlight new and upcoming changes in the field of organ transplant infectious diseases, including new molecular testing, recent trials that have changed the management of respiratory viruses and CMV, upcoming antifungal therapies, new issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and new regulatory requirements that have affected the field. Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including COVID-19 prevention in organ transplant recipients; COVID-19 management in organ transplant recipients; updates in molecular diagnostics in organ transplant recipients; updates in immunizations for organ transplant recipients; data that inform "low hanging fruit” antimicrobial stewardship interventions among solid organ transplant recipients; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews of transplant-related infections, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

As the number of patients undergoing hematotopoietic or solid organ transplantation increases, a deep understanding of the field of transplant infectious diseases grows increasingly vital. With its extensively revised and updated review of surgical infections, treatment, prevention, and practice, this book is the ultimate guide to advances in the field of transplant infections that are rapidly implemented into practice both in diagnostic technologies, new therapies, new transplant practices, and challenges such as the threat of multiresistant bacteria and the increasing use of transplantation in the developing parts of the world. Written by experts in their fields, this book is the only comprehensive source of cutting-edge information on transplant infections and has been a trusted guide to medical professionals worldwide for nearly two decades. Transplant Infections is of paramount value to infectious disease specialists, transplant physicians, medical students, fellows, residents, and all medical professionals working with surgical patients.