Julian W Tang,Nandini Shetty,Tommy T Y Lam et al.
Julian W Tang et al.
Influenza viruses continue to cause yearly epidemics and occasional pandemics in humans. In recent years, the threat of a possible influenza pandemic arising from the avian influenza A(H5N1) virus has prompted the development of comprehensi...
Vannan Kandi Vijayan,Tarek Kilani
Vannan Kandi Vijayan
Many lung infestations from established and newly emerging parasites have been reported as a result of the emergence of HIV/AIDS, the increasing use of immunosuppressive drugs, increasing organ transplantations, the increase in global trave...
Li Yang Hsu,Esther Shu-Ting Ng,Liang Piu Koh
Li Yang Hsu
Fungal pulmonary infections are becoming more prevalent as a consequence of the rising prevalence of immunocompromised patients. Besides ubiquitous opportunistic fungi such as Aspergillus spp and geographically delimited mycoses, fungi that...
Emerging bacterial, fungal, and viral respiratory infections in transplantation [0.03%]
移植后新出现的细菌、真菌和病毒感染
Shawn P E Nishi,Vincent G Valentine,Steve Duncan
Shawn P E Nishi
Kidney, liver, heart, pancreas, lung, and small intestine transplantations are viable therapeutic options for patients with end-stage organ failure. Ongoing advancements of surgical techniques, immunosuppressive regimens, and perioperative ...
Alimuddin Zumla,Wing-Wai Yew,David S C Hui
Alimuddin Zumla
Immunotherapy and vaccination after transplant: the present, the future [0.03%]
移植后的免疫治疗和疫苗接种：现状与未来展望
Vincent C Emery,Hermann Einsele,Sowsan Atabani et al.
Vincent C Emery et al.
Vaccination and adoptive immunotherapy for herpes virus infections has become an attractive option for the control of a virus family that negatively affects transplantation. In the future, enhanced ability to select antigen-specific T cells...
Michele I Morris,Staci A Fischer,Michael G Ison
Michele I Morris
Infections are frequently transmitted through solid-organ and, to a lesser extent, stem cell transplantation. There are 2 major types of donor-derived infections that are transmitted: those that would be expected secondary to donor and reci...
Patricia Muñoz,Maricela Valerio,Daniel Puga et al.
Patricia Muñoz et al.
Parasitic infections are an uncommon but potentially severe complication in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. An increase in donors who have emigrated from tropical areas and more transplant recipients traveling to endemic areas have...
Anna K Person,Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis,Barbara D Alexander
Anna K Person
Recent shifts in the epidemiology of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) among transplant and oncology populations have led to new recommendations on treatment; however, they have also brought new controversies. New pharmacologic therapies ar...
Lynne Strasfeld,Sunwen Chou
Lynne Strasfeld
Antiviral drug resistance is an increasing concern in immunocompromised patient populations, where ongoing viral replication and prolonged drug exposure lead to the selection of resistant strains. Rapid diagnosis of resistance can be made b...