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Main description:
The updated second edition of Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection in the Immunocompromised Host is an invaluable reference for physicians and ancillary medical professionals involved in the care of patients with impaired immune systems due to cancer, chemotherapy, systemic steroids and other immunosuppressive drugs, HIV/AIDS or organ transplantation. This volume will help you recognize skin lesions and diagnose their infectious cause. Textbook features include:
· Over 350 color images demonstrating pathognomonic, atypical, rare and routine skin lesions
· Tables for differential diagnosis of different skin lesions in the immunocompromised host
· Complete coverage of infectious pathogens with the patterns of infection and the likely causes in different clinical settings (HIV/AIDS versus solid organ transplantation versus neutropenia post-chemotherapy versus bone marrow recovery post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation )
· New chapter discussing the role of viruses causing malignancies with cutaneous signs in the immunocompromised patient
Written by dermatologists, the new edition is an indispensable diagnostic tool intended for use by all clinicians who care for immunocompromised patients.
Feature:
Over 350 color images demonstrating pathognomonic, atypical, rare and routine skin lesions
Tables for differential diagnosis of different skin lesions in the immunocompromised host
Complete coverage of infectious pathogens with the patterns of infection and the likely causes in different clinical settings (HIV/AIDS versus solid organ transplantation versus neutropenia post-chemotherapy versus bone marrow recovery post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation )
New chapter discussing the role of viruses causing malignancies with cutaneous signs in the immunocompromised patient
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The updated second edition of Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection in the Immunocompromised Host is an invaluable reference for physicians and ancillary medical professionals involved in the care of patients with impaired immune systems due to cancer, chemotherapy, systemic steroids and other immunosuppressive drugs, HIV/AIDS or organ transplantation. This volume will help you recognize skin lesions and diagnose their infectious cause. Textbook features include:
· Over 350 color images demonstrating pathognomonic, atypical, rare and routine skin lesions
· Tables for differential diagnosis of different skin lesions in the immunocompromised host
· Complete coverage of infectious pathogens with the patterns of infection and the likely causes in different clinical settings (HIV/AIDS versus solid organ transplantation versus neutropenia post-chemotherapy versus bone marrow recovery post hematopoietic stem cell transplantation )
· New chapter discussing the role of viruses causing malignancies with cutaneous signs in the immunocompromised patient
Written by dermatologists, the new edition is an indispensable diagnostic tool intended for use by all clinicians who care for immunocompromised patients.
Contents:
Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection in the Immunocompromised Host, 2nd Edition
Marc E. Grossman, Lindy P. Fox, Carrie Kovarik, Misha Rosenbach
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Subcutaneous and Deep Mycoses
Aspergillosis
Blastomycosis
Candidiasis
Coccidioidomycosis
Cryptococcosis
Histoplasmosis
Phaeohyphomycosis
Scedosporium and Pseudoallescheria
Sporotrichosis
Zygomycosis/Mucormycosis
Chapter 2: Hyalohyphomycosis
Fusarium
Penicillium marneffei
Paecilomyces
Acremonium
Scopulariopsis
Trichosporon
Trichoderma
Blastochizomyces capitatum
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Chapter 3: Superficial Mycoses
Dermatophytoses
Malassezia species
Chapter 4 : Algae
Protothecosis
Chapter 5: Mycobacteria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Chapter 6: Viruses
Herpes Simplex
Human Herpes Virus 6
Varicella-Zoster
Molluscum contagiosum
Cytomegalovirus
Human Papillomavirus
West Nile Virus Infection
Chapter 7: Rickettsiae
Chapter 8: Crusted Scabies
Chapter 9: Protozoa
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas’ Disease)
Leishmania
Amoeba
Pneumocystis
Toxoplasmosis
Entamoeba
Chapter 10: Helminth
Chapter 11: Spirochete
Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Chapter 12: Gram-Positive Bacteria
Bacillus species
Clostridium
Corynebacterium
Nocardia
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
Chapter 13: Gram-Negative Bacteria
Aeromonas
Bartonella
Chromobacterium violaceum
Citrobacter
Enterobacter
Escherichia coli
Helicobacter cinaedi
Klebsiella
Legionella
Morganella
Pseudomonas
Salmonella
Serratia
Stenotrophomonas
Vibrio
Chapter 14: Viral Related Malignancies
Human papillomavirus
Epstein-Barr virus
Human herpes virus 8
Polyomavirus
Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus
Human immunodeficiency virus
Chapter 15: Clues to the Diagnosis of Skin Lesions in the Immunocompromised Host
Chapter 16: Differential Diagnoses
Index
Index
Chapter 9: Protozoa
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas’ Disease)
Leishmania
Amoeba
Pneumocystis
Toxoplasmosis
Entamoeba
Chapter 10: Helminth
Chapter 11: Spirochete
Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Chapter 12: Gram-Positive Bacteria
Bacillus species
Clostridium
Corynebacterium
Nocardia
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
Chapter 13: Gram-Negative Bacteria
Aeromonas
Bartonella
Chromobacterium violaceum
Citrobacter
Enterobacter
Escherichia coli
Helicobacter cinaedi
Klebsiella
Legionella
Morganella
Pseudomonas
Salmonella
Serratia
Stenotrophomonas
Vibrio
Chapter 14: Viral Related Malignancies
Human papillomavirus
Epstein-Barr virus
Human herpes virus 8
Polyomavirus
Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus
Human immunodeficiency virus
Chapter 15: Clues to the Diagnosis of Skin Lesions in the Immunocompromised Host
Chapter 16: Differential Diagnoses
Index
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer New York)
Publication date: February, 2012
Pages: 328
Weight: 1134g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Dermatology, General Practice, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
From the reviews of the second edition:
“This is a comprehensive compilation of what is known about the entire spectrum of cutaneous infection in the immunocompromised host. … this book is intended for any physicians who care for immunocompromised patients, including internists, transplant surgeons, infectious disease specialists, pediatricians, rheumatologists, and hematologist/oncologists. … This book offers valuable information that is rarely presented in one place. It is a practical guide that can be used in daily practice and belongs in the library of any physician seeing immunocompromised patients.” (Renata H. Mullen, Doody’s Reviews, April, 2012)
“This book is intended to be a clinical dermatological manual. In this regard, the various sections are extremely and amply well illustrated. The photographs are in color, well illuminated, and focused beautifully for the characteristic lesion discussed to be easily identified. … For physicians and allied care personnel involved in managing such patients, this book will visually complement standard textbooks of infectious diseases.” (Donald C. Vinh, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 55, November, 2012)
“This book fills a niche which is not well covered in the clinical literature. … It is targeted towards the more informed clinician who is used to managing immunosuppressed patients … .There is no doubt that this book fills an important gap left in the larger textbooks on infectious diseases and for this, as an infectious diseases doctor, I welcome this volume and will undoubtedly find it useful.” (Jon S. Friedland, Immunology News, November, 2012)