Dumford D 3rd, Skalweit MJ. Antibiotic-Resistant Infections and Treatment Challenges in the Immunocompromised Host: An Update.
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2020;
34:821-47. [PMID:
33131573 DOI:
10.1016/j.idc.2020.08.005]
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Abstract
This article reviews antibiotic resistance and treatment of bacterial infections in the growing number of patients who are immunocompromised: solid organ transplant recipients, the neutropenic host, and persons with human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS. Specific mechanisms of resistance in both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, as well as newer treatment options are addressed elsewhere and are only briefly discussed in the context of the immunocompromised host.
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