Infections in Transplant and Oncology Patients, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 24-2 - June 9, 2010
- Latest edition
- Authors: Kieren A. Marr, Aruna Subramanian
- Language: English
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… Read more
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Description
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.
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- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 24-2
- Published: June 9, 2010
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Kieren A. Marr
Affiliations and expertise
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Aruna Subramanian
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA