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…
Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Ramzy H. Rimawi Paul Cook INTRODUCTION Health care-associated infections are the leading cause of mortality in acute care hospitals, with over 50% of them due to infections…
Epidemiologically Important Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria in Health Care Cassandra D. Salgado The incidence of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance among gram-positive organisms has significantly increased. This has resulted in important changes…
