Community-Acquired Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Tue H. Ngo The risk of infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients changes over time. More than 6 months after transplantation, the…
Reactivation Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Ellie S. Walker Michael G. Ison INTRODUCTION Infection is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in solid organ transplant recipients…
Donor-Derived Infections in the Transplant Patient Claire E. Magauran Donor-derived infections are those that are transmitted from a donor to one or more recipients. BACKGROUND Twenty-one thousand three hundred and…
Immunosuppression in Transplantation Holly B. Meadows Michael S. Boger INTRODUCTION Maintenance immunosuppression for solid organ transplant recipients has been utilized for over 50 years. Initially, azathioprine and corticosteroids were the…
Brucellosis Waseem Ahmad James W. Myers ORGANISM Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease, reported for the first time in 1859 by Marston, in Malta. Brucellae are intracellular pathogens that can survive…
Bartonella James W. Myers INTRODUCTION Bartonella Gram-negative Intracellular Grow on solid media (shell vial tissue cultures, blood enriched) CLINICAL FEATURES 1. Classic Bartonella, Carrion Disease. Epidemiology/Pathology Bartonella bacilliformis Human reservoir…
Animal Bites Paras Patel James W. Myers INTRODUCTION Animal bites account for 1% of all visits to emergency rooms in the United States. Two to five million animal bites occur…
Candidemia Keith W. Hamilton Ebbing Lautenbach INTRODUCTION The incidence of invasive fungal infections has increased as an unintended consequence of increased use of immunosuppression to treat certain medical conditions and…
