The AST Handbook of Transplant Infections

Whether you need to manage a post-transplant infection or reduce the possibility of infection, you will find effective guidance in this handbook. The work of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice, this reference exclusively uses tables and flowcharts to speed up decision making. This distinguished group of investigators and teachers provide point of care information on optimum management of infection in adult and pediatric organ and stem cell transplant patients. The unique tables and flowcharts are devised by the authors, backed up with extensive references, making the book a fully researched yet easy to use guide. The fast growing specialty of transplantation will be well served by this book as increasing numbers of successful procedures mean transplant teams have to be ever more alert to the possibility of and need for action in the event of ensuing infection.

Whether you need to manage a post-transplant infection or reducethe possibility of infection, you will find effective guidance inthis handbook. The work of the American Society of TransplantationInfectious Diseases Community of Practice, this referenceexclusively uses tables and flowcharts to speed up decision making.This distinguished group of investigators and teachers providepoint of care information on optimum management of infection inadult and pediatric organ and stem cell transplant patients.The unique tables and flowcharts are devised by the authors, backedup with extensive references, making the book a fully researchedyet easy to use guide.The fast growing specialty of transplantation will be wellserved by this book as increasing numbers of successful proceduresmean transplant teams have to be ever more alert to the possibilityof and need for action in the event of ensuing infection.