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.
| ISBN: | 9781437718317 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 2010 |
| Author: | Kieren A Director Marr, Aruna K Stanford Unviversity, Subramanian |
| Publisher: | W B Saunders Co Ltd an imprint of Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Series: | The Clinics: Internal Medicine |
| Genres: |
Infectious and contagious diseases Oncology |