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Immunization of immunocompromised persons

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 2003
Advances in medicine, science, and technology have led to increasing numbers of people in the general population with altered host defenses. The risk for clinical infection in an immunocompromised host, such as a person who has received a solid organ transplant, is determined largely by the interaction between two factors: the epidemiologic exposures ...
David J, Weber, William A, Rutala
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The immunocompromised traveller

British Medical Bulletin, 1993
Increasing numbers of immunocompromised people are travelling abroad to areas where the risks of some infections are increased. HIV positive people respond reasonably well to most vaccines when asymptomatic but response is less predictable when symptomatic disease is present.
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Rash in an Immunocompromised Patient

JAMA, 2012
A 48-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH LOW-RISK ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (APL) undergoes induction chemotherapy with daily all-trans retinoic acid (tretinoin), cytarabine (days 1-7), and daunorubicin (days 1-3). His clinical course is complicated by low-grade fever and a rash on day 15.
Javier, Munoz, Philip, Kuriakose
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The Immunocompromised Host

Dermatologic Clinics, 1989
Infection still remains the most common immediate cause of death in the immunocompromised host. Because of the decreased host defenses leading not only to an increased susceptibility to a variety of opportunistic pathogens (in particular the fungi) but also to a decreased host inflammatory response and resultant clinical findings, infections in these ...
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Typhlitis in an Immunocompromised Patient

Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 2002
We report the case of a young man who presented with right lower quadrant pain, while being treated for acute lymphatic leukaemia. Clinical findings were suggestive of appendicitis. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen was done and showed the presence of a neutropenic enterocolitis or typhlitis.
S, De Laere, J J, De Waele, B, De Hemptinne   +2 more
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Creating immunocompromised districts

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2017
We read the letter to the editor, Viral warts and seborrheic keratosis on tattoos: a review of 9 cases with great interest.1 Dermatologists see only what they know! Once we recognized the possibility that warts might grow preferentially in black and blue tattoo dye, we collected 7 cases over a 10-year period from one solo private practice.
K, Ramey, J, Ibrahim, R T, Brodell
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Tumors of the Immunocompromised Patient

Annual Review of Medicine, 1988
Immunocompromised patients are prone to develop certain malignancies, particularly involving cells of the immune system itself (1-3). In this chapter we describe the various neoplasms, note the differences between these and similar cancers in the general population, emphasize similar tumor patterns in different types of immunodeficiency, and discuss ...
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Cytomegalovirus in immunocompromised children

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2015
The purpose of this study is to explore the latest developments in the risk factors, prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in immunocompromised children, including those with congenital immunodeficiency or iatrogenic immune suppression related to solid organ transplantation (SOT) or haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).CMV ...
Surabhi B, Vora, Janet A, Englund
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Mucormycosis in the immunocompromised host

Infection, 1983
We are presenting two typical case histories of mucormycosis in patients with acute leukaemia which illustrate some of the important features of this infection in compromised hosts. In such patients, mucormycosis is mostly pulmonary or widely disseminated and often has a rapidly fatal course.
S, Bhaduri, E, Kurrle, E, Vanek, R, Spanel   +3 more
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Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1994
Specific microorganisms have certain types of host defenses directed at them. Inhibition of different host defenses, therefore, leads to an increased risk of the host for infection with different organisms. This article discusses the types of infections present in immunocompromised patients as well as a general approach to diagnosis and treatment.
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