TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient
A1  - Chin-Hong, Peter V.
A1  - Guglielmo, B. Joseph
A2  - Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2  - McPhee, Stephen J.
A2  - Rabow, Michael W.
A2  - McQuaid, Kenneth R.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
AB  - ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISFever  and  other  symptoms  may  be  blunted  because  of  immunosuppression.A  contaminating  organism  in  an  immunocompetent  individual  may  be  a  pathogen  in  an  immunocompromised  one.The  interval  since  transplantation  and  the  degree  of  immunosuppression  can  narrow  the  differential  diagnosis.Empiric  broad-spectrum  antibiotics  may  be  appropriate  in  high-risk  patients  whether  or  not  symptoms  are  localized.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184163277
ER  -