Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

necessary for activation of T cells that directly impacts cytokine activation and B-cell proliferation. Abatacept is used in the ...

developing invasive fungal infections such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomy- cosis, aspergillosis, candidiasis, a ...

derangement (34,37–40). Investigation should not preclude empiric therapy and should be conducted as for coccidioidomycosis incl ...

Hepatitis Ahas made little appearance in the literature in relation to biologic use.Hepatitis B in patients being treated with a ...

Again, in emergent situations, withholding biologics may not be possible. Therefore, the physicians’ best judgment weighing bene ...

Fleishmann RM. Safety of anakinra, a recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (r-metHuIL-1ra), in patients with rheumatoid ...

Giles JT, Bathon JM. Serious infections associated with anticytokine therapies in the rheumatic diseases. J Intensive Care Med ...

23 Infections in Organ Transplants in Critical Care Patricia Mun ̃oz Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, H ...

point in the posttransplant course, the etiology will be very different at different points in time (Table 1). Importance of the ...

assistance devices, and total artificial hearts) in HT recipients (25–28) or endotipsitis in cirrhotic patients (29). Infections ...

Late Period From the sixth month onward SOT patients are susceptible to community-acquired infections if chronic rejection is no ...

The oral cavity is frequently forgotten and may disclose previously unnoticed herpetic gingivo-stomatitis or ulcers. Within the ...

late-onset pneumonias. The crude mortality of bacterial pneumonia in solid-organ trans- plantation has exceeded 40% in most seri ...

Legionellahas been reported in 2% to 27% of SOT recipients with pneumonia (76–78). Most common species implicated are Legionella ...

uncommon. Treatment requires control of interactions between antituberculous drugs and immunosuppressive therapy. A high index o ...

patients if an overload exposure has occurred (39). Accordingly, ICUs caring for transplant patients should maintain a good qual ...

reported to cause diverse clinical symptoms including fever, skin rash, pneumonia, bone marrow suppression, encephalitis, and re ...

The only complications were a minor pneumothorax after a transbronchial biopsy and minor hemoptysis after a transthoracic needle ...

Hepatic abscess is frequently associated with hepatic artery thrombosis, which occurs in up to 7% of patients (148). In one seri ...

although only 15% are significant enough to warrant endoscopic, radiological, or surgical procedures. Possible manifestations in ...