Dr. Ianiro shares a number of fascinating tropical medicine cases she and her colleagues cared for as a participant in the Gorgas Tropical Medicine course in Peru in 2013. This is the first of a two-part series.
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Pulmonary Complications Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Dr. John Greene presents rapid review case studies of pulmonary complications, including nosocomial infections, in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplants. He covers the diagnosis and management of infections with influenza and other respiratory viruses, legionella, mycobacterium, chlamydia pneumonia, pertussis, pneumococcal pneumonia and other pulmonary microbes in the setting of immunocompromise. He also covers clinical presentation, imaging, and histopathology for each of these infections.