The immunocompromised patient and transfusion

The immunocompromised patient and transfusion.

Immunocompromised patients are usually seriously ill and many such patients, especially those undergoing stem cell transplantation, have prolonged periods of pancytopenia and consequently, heavy transfusion requirements. All transfusions are potentially hazardous but transfusions to immunocompromised patients cause additional problems, which may be immunological or infectious. This review descr...

PEACILOMYCES INFECTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT

Paecilomyces sp, is a saprophytic fungus which has rarely been associated with human disease. We report the first case of invasive subcutaneous infection caused by this fungus in a 78-year-old female from Damghan, Iran, with diabetes and chronic renal failure. A biopsy provided an initial diagnosis of the mold in tissue. Multiple positive fungal cultures which were obtained from the biopsie...

The Immunocompromised Patient

As increased numbers of immunocompromised persons present to the emergency department (ED), it is essential that emergency physicians possess the knowledge and skills to recognize and to treat infectious complications of cancer, organ transplantation, diabetes, renal failure, cirrhosis, asplenism, human immuno­ deficiency virus (HIV) infection, and other immunosuppressive conditions. These incl...

Transfusion-acquired HIV infection among immunocompromised hosts.

This survey suggests that HIV infection in immunocompromised hosts is characterized by a high attack rate, short incubation time to clinical sequelae, and WB and RIP seropositivity which may precede evidence of antibodies by ELISA by weeks or months. The functional properties of patients' serum antibodies, such as neutralizing activity against HIV in vitro, may correlate with clinical course.

Sepsis in the Immunocompromised Patient