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| | Preventing Zoonotic Diseases in Immunocompromised Persons: The Role of Physicians and Veterinarians |
 | | Our finding that 205 of 310 veterinarians never knew a client's immunocompromised condition is consistent with a previous study in which only 21% of HIV patients felt most comfortable in asking their veterinarian about the health risks of pet ownership (16). | | | Since human medicine often does not delve deeply into the role of animals in the transmission of zoonotic agents (7,9) and veterinary medicine does not cover the clinical aspects of human disease, zoonotic disease control requires involvement of both physicians and veterinarians. | | | Animal-associated pathogens of concern to immunocompromised persons include Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium spp., Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., Giardia lamblia, Rhodococcus equi, Bartonella spp., Mycobacterium marinum, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Chlamydia psittaci, and zoophilic dermatophytes (2,6). |
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| | CDC - Yellow Book: [9] The Immunocompromised Traveler - CDC Travelers' Health |
| | For practical purposes, immunocompromised travelers can be categorized into one of four groups, each with a general approach for that patient. | | | The degree to which a person is immunocompromised should be determined by a health-care provider. | | | Decision based on consideration of the individual patient's risk of Hib disease and the effectiveness of the vaccine for that person. |
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http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=special&obj=hivtrav.htm
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| | Zoonosis: Caring for pets of immunocompromised persons |
| | Immunocompromised persons should avoid handling wild birds because they are more likely than pet birds to shed Salmonella and Campylobacter spp.(15) In addition, because C neoformans is transmitted via inhalation and is commonly found in pigeon excreta, these persons should avoid places where pigeon droppings are abundant. | | | Our experience, however, is that few physicians provide immunocompromised persons with information about zoonoses and safe practices for pet ownership. | | | The veterinarian should be knowledgeable about animal-associated opportunistic infections and be willing to educate immunocompromised clients about zoonoses prevention. |
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http://www.avma.org/noah/resources/zoonosis/znimmpet.asp
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Viral pneumonias |
| | Treatment of CMV pneumonia in immunocompromised patients has focused on prevention, acute therapy, and passive immunization with immunoglobulins (table 1). | | | This latter aspect is of particular concern for seropositive immunosuppressed persons, whose immune systems may be unable to contain the virus in its latent form. | | | To recognize that diseases or conditions that affect the immune system increase patients' susceptibility to various viral pneumonias |
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http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/02_00/chien.htm
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| | EPA Ground Water & Drinking Water > Safe Drinking Water - Guidance for people with severely weakened immune systems |
| | Although data are not sufficient for EPA/CDC to recommend that all severely immunocompromised persons take extra caution with regards to their drinking water, individuals who wish to take extra measures to avoid waterborne Cryptosporidiosis can bring their drinking water to a roiling boil for one minute. | | | Although data are not sufficient for EPA/CDC to recommend that all severely immunocompromised persons take extra caution with regards to their drinking water, individuals who wish to take extra measures to avoid waterborne Cryptosporidiosis can bring their drinking water to a full boil for one minute. | | | Health care providers can assist severely immunocompromised persons in weighing these risks and in applying this guidance. |
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http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/crypto.html
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| | CHEST: Role of flexible bronchoscopy in immunocompromised patients with lung infiltrates - bronchoscopy |
| | One hundred four consecutive immunocompromised patients with lung infiltrates seen on chest roentgenograms who were referred to the inpatient Pulmonary Consult Service of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation over a 2-year period comprised the patient population. | | | Study objective: To study the diagnostic role of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infiltrates. | | | The pulmonary consultant, who was aware of the ongoing study, directed the patient management (eg, antibiotics, or the need for FB or surgical lung biopsy [SLB]). |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0984/is_2_125/ai_113852574
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| | immunocompromised list |
| | So, in fact, we who have problems ARE immunocompromised and these causes can be FIXED, rather than throwing perscription drugs at the problems. |
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http://www.healthyawareness.com/archives/_can_gen23/000004f3.htm
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| | Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing: Selected Indications |
| | Painful suppurative nodes can be treated with needle aspiration for relief of symptoms; surgical excision generally is unnecessary. | | | Reactivation results in herpes zoster (“shingles”), which are grouped vesicular lesions appearing in a dermatomal distribution, sometimes accompanied by pain localized to the area. | | | This organism is also associated with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis commonly found in Japan. |
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http://www.aetna.com/cpb/data/CPBA0650.html
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| | Cancer.gov Phase I/II Study of Anidulafungin in Immunocompromised Children With Neutropenia. | | | ...type of useful information that a clinical hematology fellow should learn at the start of training, including how to manage an immunocompromised patient, the... | | | Listeria monocytogenes, if contracted by a human consuming an infected turkey, can kill infants, the elderly, pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. |
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http://www.cancer-help.org/cancer/0604/immunocompromised.html
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| | Mailing List WWW Gateway |
| | However, immunocompromised persons who have HIV/AIDS, patients receiving treatment for cancer, recipients of organ or bone marrow transplants, and persons who have congenital immunodeficiencies are at greater risk than are immunocompetent persons for developing severe, life-threatening cryptosporidiosis if they become infected. | | | This work group suggested that immunocompromised persons can take the following specific measures to help reduce the risk for waterborne cryptosporidiosis: Boiling Water Before Use During waterborne outbreaks or other situations in which a community boil-water advisory is issued, immunocompromised persons should boil water for 1 minute to eliminate the risk for acquiring cryptosporidiosis. | | | can be found at the following URL: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/RR/RR4406.pdf "No current data indicate that immunocompromised persons are more likely than immunocompetent persons to acquire cryptosporidiosis during waterborne outbreaks. |
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http://www.ualberta.ca/htbin/lwgate/NEPHROL/archives/tx.9906/Subject/article-6.html
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| | VZV Foundation - A Decade Of Leadership In The Fight Against VZV Infections |
| | All the immunocompromised patients and the majority of the immunocompetant patients had received antiviral therapy. | | | The distribution of pain scores at presentation was similar in the immunocompromised and immunocompetant patients. | | | Immunocompromised patients with viraemia were twice or more times as likely to have prolonged pain lasting three months or more than immunocompetant patients with viraemia. |
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http://www.vzvfoundation.org/1b.html
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| | CME - Opportunistic Fungi in the Immunocompromised Patient |
| | The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, as part of the Consortium for Academic Continuing Medical Education, is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. | | | The goal of this program is to provide leading-edge information in the area of medical mycology to physicians and other health-care providers. | | | Thought leaders in medical mycology will develop content areas as monographs and slide/lecture sets that will be available to you at regular intervals. |
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http://www.doctorfungus.org/cme/oppfungi/opp_index.htm?id=1
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| | Immunocompromised Host Society Information |
| | The Mycology Initiative is an accredited education program for physicians, health-care practitioners and medical students. | | | Membership is open to individuals whose occupation concerns the immunocompromised patient in any of the following areas: | | | Today most major scientific meetings have grown into large sprawling affairs where many sessions overlap and delegates are forced to choose between various activities. |
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http://www.ichs.org/faq.htm
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| | Clinical Trial: Valacyclovir in Immunocompromised Children |
| | The immune system can be weakened as a result of medications that patients receive for cancer or other serious illness or as a result of a bone marrow transplantation. | | | Shingles in children with a weakened immune system may spread throughout the body and in some instances may be life-threatening. | | | Acyclovir is a medication that is routinely used to treat immunocompromised children with shingles in order to prevent further spread of their shingles and to help them heal faster. |
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http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00059592%3bjsessionid=260E3057619FC67CE7FEF4D725B37BAB?order=3
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| | Additional Information on Preventing Cryptosporidisosis for Persons who are Immunocompromised |
| | If you are HIV positive or otherwise immunocompromised, you should adhere strictly to the preventive measures suggested for persons with healthy immune systems. | | | However, you may want to discuss the need for taking further protective measures with your medical provider because: | | | Do the precautions listed for persons with healthy immune systems apply to me? |
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http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/crypto3f.htm
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| | Infections in immunocompromised patients |
| | Jude's goal is developing effective ways of preventing serious infections among children whose immune systems are weakened by cancer chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation. | | | Most patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have weakened immune systems. | | | Fever and/or pain at the area of infection are most common symptoms of infection in immunocompromised patients. |
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http://www.stjude.org/disease-summaries/0,2557,449_2163_7507,00.html
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| | Cryptosporidiosis - Immunocompromised patients |
| | However, someone who is not immunocompromised should clean their litter boxes or cages, and dispose of the stool. | | | How does Crypto affect you if your immune system is severely weakened? | | | What is the treatment for immunocompromised patients infected with Crypto? |
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http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/tropmed/disease/crypto/immuno.htm
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| | Immunocompromised cat owners face own challenges - DVM |
| | Logically, veterinarians would seem obligated to take an active role in the education of immune-deficient clients with regard to zoonotic risks imposed by their cat. | | | Please send any technical comments or questions to our webmaster. | | | Numerous psychological studies have detailed the physical and emotional benefits of pet ownership by humans. |
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http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=59861
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| | Recombinant protein may play key role in treating immunocompromised patients |
| | Results from the study will be published in the January 17 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. | | | "If this recombinant vaccine behaves the same way in humans, the findings will have profound implications for developing safe vaccines to immunize similarly immunocompromised humans such as AIDS patients," says Dr. Richard Young, Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. | | | However, immunocompromised patients, such as AIDS patients, lack the critical CD4 cells. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-01/WIfB-Rpmp-1601100.php
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompromised patients |
| | In other immunocompromised patients, however, such prophylaxis is not generally advocated. | | | Ribavirin (21) and immunoglobulin (22) have been used to treat complicated measles infections in immunosuppressed patients. | | | In pulmonary cryptococcal disease, particularly in immunocompromised patients, serum cryptococcal antigen tests may be reactive (10). |
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http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2003/01_03/cebular2.htm
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| | AEGiS-PRn: SmithKline Beecham Files With the FDA for the Use of Famvir(R) in Immunocompromised Patients; Studies Show ... |
| | Shingles, which is the same virus that causes chicken pox, is characterized by an outbreak of painful and itchy blister-like sores which may last up to six weeks. | | | Recurrent genital herpes infections in immunocompromised patients are more painful and produce more necrosis (tissue damage) than in immunocompetent patients. | | | Immunocompromised patients are at a greater risk of having a shingles attack, and multiple recurrences have been reported in this patient population. |
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http://www.aegis.com/news/pr/1997/pr970721.html
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| | A Guide to Pet Care for the Immunocompromised |
| | Immunocompromised people are more susceptible to acquiring infectious diseases and include individuals undergoing chemotherapy, such as for breast cancer, organ transplant recipients, and bone marrow recipients. | | | The risks can be minimized for all people, including the immunocompromised, by practicing basic preventative measures. | | | For many zoonoses, people are more likely to get the disease from sources other than their pets. |
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0017.html
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| | Cryptosporidium in Immunocompromised Hosts, Exposure Research, US EPA |
| | Cryptosporidiosis could not be studied in immunocompromised humans because of the risk of adverse outcomes for these people. | | | People who are immunocompromised may be unable to suppress the disease with their immune system, and in these people, the disease may last longer, or may even be fatal. | | | Consequently, it is not possible to study the infective dose in immunocompromised human volunteers. |
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http://www.epa.gov/nerl/research/2001/g2-4.html
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| | Disease - CMV - immunocompromised host - Hartford, Connecticut |
| | Any immunocompromised person, whether an HIV patient, organ transplant recipient, bone marrow transplant recipient, or medically immunosuppressed individual, should seek out medical advice if any signs of infection should occur. | | | Infections can include: CMV pneumonia, CMV gastroenteritis, CMV retinitis, and CMV encephalitis, and a mononucleosis-like illness. | | | Newer medications to fight CMV are in development. |
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http://www.saintfranciscare.com/11518.cfm
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| | How are Immunocompromised Patients Treated? |
| | Penciclovir (PCV) has shown effectiveness to strains that are acyclovir-resistant, a very important benefit seeing as immunocompromised patients sometimes develop resistance to certain antiviral therapies ( | | | Patients whose immune responses are suppressed, immunocompromised, frequently suffer from recurrent HSV infections that are much more painful than infections in immunocompetent patients. | | | PCV and ACV were well tolerated by all immunocompromised patients with HSV. |
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http://biology.kenyon.edu/slonc/bio38/stancikl_02/How_are_Immunocompromised_Patients_Treated.html
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| | Organ-transplant patients at particluar risk from low MMR vaccine uptake |
| | In view of our two cases, clinical colleagues should be alerted to the possibility of atypical presentations of measles in immunocompromised patients." | | | Immunocompromised individuals may manifest only a non-specific illness without rash, which makes rapid diagnosis difficult and may delay measures to prevent further spread. | | | She concludes: "In this era of waning herd immunity [decreasing immunity in the general population], there is a need for renewed awareness of measles as a cause of non-specific, respiratory, or neurological symptoms in immunocompromised individuals. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-09/l-opa090303.php
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| | antiviral agents in the immunocompromised - General Practice Notebook |
| | Prophylactic and therapeutic use of acyclovir is effective against herpes simplex and herpes zoster. | | | Oxbridge Solutions Ltd® is an independent company owned by the authors which does not receive income from any other organisation or individual. | | | antiviral agents in the immunocompromised - General Practice Notebook |
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| | Allergy & Asthma Disease Management Center: Ask the Expert: Immunocompromised |
| | Do you have any information that I could have regarding what you recommend to AIDS or other immunocompromised patients? | | | I am in the process of doing a research project on what types of precautions immunocompromised patients need to take in relation to their home environments. | | | However, when these patients are profoundly immunocompromised, they could be susceptible to infections with microorganisms that sometimes contaminate particular environments such as very moldy dwellings or certain food preparations. |
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| | immunocompromised - definition of immunocompromised by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | immunocompromised - unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | immunocompromised - definition of immunocompromised by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
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| | NGC - NGC Summary |
| | Conduct a case-by-case assessment to determine if animal-assisted activities or animal-assisted therapy programs are appropriate for immunocompromised patients (Saylor, 1998). | | | Minimize exposures of severely immunocompromised patients (e.g., solid-organ transplant patients or allogeneic neutropenic patients) to activities that might cause aerosolization of fungal spores (e.g., vacuuming or disruption of ceiling tiles) ("Guidelines," 2000; Weems et al., 1987; Walsh and Dixon, 1989; Morey and Williams, 1990). | | | Conduct an infection-control risk assessment of the facility to determine if patients at risk or severely immunocompromised patients are present (CDC, 1997; Kool et al., 1998; Le Saux et al., 1989). |
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http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/summary.aspx?view_id=1&doc_id=3843
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| | Dr. Koop - Pneumonia in immunocompromised host |
| | You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen. | | | People who are immunocompromised have a defective immune response. | | | Pneumonia in an immunocompromised host describes a lung infection that occurs in a person whose infection-fighting mechanisms are significantly impaired. |
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| | Health Stream Article - Issue 15 September 1999 |
| | in Water: clarification of the advice to the immunocompromised. | | | , the group used a broad definition of "immunocompromised" to include all HIV infected people, people on chemotherapy for cancer treatment, organ transplant recipients taking anti-rejection drugs, and those with genetic disorders of the immune system. | | | This particular class of white blood cells play an important role in the immune system's ability to combat this protozoan pathogen, and people with very low T-cell numbers are at risk of suffering prolonged illness with severe symptoms if they become infected with |
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http://www.waterquality.crc.org.au/hsarch/HS15d.htm
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| | Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) |
| | The changing pattern of these infections, the portals of entry of fungi into the human host, fungal pathogenicity and the main predisposing factors are analyzed. | | | Opportunistic fungal infections in cancer, organ transplant and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients are reviewed, specially candidiasis and aspergillosis. | | | This concept is reviewed regarding fungal infections and their agents in the immunocompromised host. |
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http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?oc00173
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| | Immunocompromised Host |
| | Issues covered in this document include a general introduction and a summary of important principles underlying the immunisation of immunodeficient children and adolescents, and specific recommendations concerning their immunisation. | | | This guideline on the immunisation of the immunocompromised child was produced by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health during February 2002. | | | Patient Education Handout [Publication Type]; Immunocompromised Host; Cryptosporidiosis; Child; |
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http://www.omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D016867.html
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| | Clinical Trial: Anidulafungin in Treating Immunocompromised Children With Neutropenia |
| | Official Title: Phase I/II Study of Anidulafungin in Immunocompromised Children With Neutropenia | | | Determine the frequency of deeply invasive fungal infections in children receiving this drug for early empirical therapy. | | | RATIONALE: Anidulafungin may be effective in preventing fungal infections in immunocompromised children who have neutropenia. |
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http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00068471
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| | Prodigy quick reference guide : chickenpox - immunocompromised adults and children |
| | This quick reference guide summarises the key management options, supporting information and prescription details for chickenpox in immunocompromised adults and children. | | | Produced by PRODIGY (Prescribing RatiOnally with Decision-support In General-practice studY), which is based at the Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics, University of Newcastle and funded by the NHS Executive. | | | Prodigy quick reference guide : chickenpox - immunocompromised adults and children |
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http://www.omni.ac.uk/cgi/fullRecord.cgi?key=30170883&gateway=omni
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| | NCI-CCR - Pediatric Oncology - Immunocompromised Host |
| | By rapidly translating new laboratory developments into clinical trials, our program provides cutting edge modalities for treating and preventing infections due to Candida, Aspergillus, and important emerging fungal pathogens in children with cancer or AIDS. | | | The Mycology Unit of the Infectious Diseases Section of the Pediatric Oncology Branch develops new approaches to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised children through a multi disciplinary program of combined laboratory and clinical research. | | | In order to improve the treatment and prevention of these infections, the Pediatric Oncology Branch is currently investigating several novel types of antifungal compounds, including cyclodextrin-itraconazole for refractory oral candidiasis in children with AIDS and lipid formulations of amphotericin B for serious deep infections in immunocompromised children. |
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http://home.ccr.cancer.gov/oncology/pediatric/IDMycol.shtml
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