Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts — Medical Microbiology

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Febrile neutropenia and immediate approach, OPSI syndrome in asplenic patients, reactivation due to anti-TNF therapy and chronology of infections in solid organ transplantation.

What it covers

1. 1. Febrile Neutropenia: A Medical Emergency and Immediate Therapy
2. 2. The Asplenic Patient and Overwhelming Post-Splenectomy Infection (OPSI)
3. 3. Cellular Immunosuppression and Anti-TNF Biological Therapy
4. 4. Infections in the Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Patient
5. 5. Clinical Infectious Immunology: Cytokines, Complement and the Th1/Th17 Axis
6. 6. The Transplant Timeline in One Figure
7. 7. Biological Therapies and Targets: Each Drug, Its Infection
8. 8. Management Update
9. 9. Reasoned Clinical Cases
10. 10. Common Mistakes and Exam Pearls
11. 11. References and Sources for Further Reading