Pneumocystis jiroveci in Solid Organ Transplantation

Pneumocystis jiroveci in Solid Organ Transplantation Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice Provided by : Dr Rana Maghrabi Read...

Tissue Penetration of Antifungal Agents

Tissue Penetration of Antifungal Agents Timothy Felton Peter. Troke, William . Hope The University of Manchester, Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; Antimicrobial Pharmacodynamics...

International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children: The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that pneumonia continues to be a significant cause of mortality in the pediatric age group...

INFECTIONS IN TRANSPLANT PT

Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Complications After Solid Organ Transplantation in Children Organ transplantation is the most practical means of rehabilitating patients with a variety of forms of end organ dysfunction. This procedure is arguably the outstanding...

Drug delivery to the central nervous system

Drug delivery to the central nervous system: a review. Ambikanandan Misra, Ganesh S., Aliasgar Shahiwala Pharmacy Department, M.S. University of Baroda Shrenik P. Shah Sun Pharma Advanced Research Center, Baroda Received 16 June 2003, Revised 26 June 2003, Accepted 5...

Fungal brain infections

Fungal brain infections Eileen P. Scully, Lindsey R. Baden and Joel T. Katz Purpose of review Fungal infections of the central nervous system, once a relatively rare occurrence, are increasingly common due to the expansion of immunocompromised populations at risk, and...

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be defined clinically as the presence of signs and symptoms of pneumonia in a previously healthy child due to an infection which has been acquired outside hospital. In developed countries this can be verified by the radiological...

What is Graft-versus-Host-Disease ?

Introduction Graft-versus-host disease is a frequent complication of allogeneic BMTs. In GVHD, the donor’s bone marrow attacks the patient’s organs and tissues, impairing their ability to function, and increasing the patient’s susceptibility to...