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The contributors represent the specialties of infectious diseases, internal medicine, oncology, pediatrics, general surgery, gastroenterology, radiology, transplantation, dermatology, rheumatology, and pathology. Most come from U.S. academic medical centers. Institutions prominently represented include Boston Univ, Harvard, Univ of Washington, Univ of Utah, UCLA, and NCI.

Table of Contents:

1 Introduction 1
2 Epidemiology and Prevention of Infection in the Compromised Host 5
3 Defects in Host Defense Mechanisms 33
4 Fever and Septicemia 67
5 Dermatologic Manifestations of Infection in the Compromised Host 105
6 Clinical Approach to the Compromised Host with Fever and Pulmonary Infiltrates 121
7 Central Nervous System Infection in the Immunocompromised Host 163
8 Fungal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 211
9 Mycobacteriosis and Nocardiosis in the Immunocompromised Host 239
10 Pneumocystis carinii and Parasitic Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 275
11 Legionellosis in the Compromised Host 335
12 Viral Hepatitis in the Compromised Host 355
13 Herpes Group Virus Infections in the Compromised Host 379
14 Morbidity in Compromised Patients Related to Viruses Other Than Herpes Group and Hepatitis Viruses 397
15 Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations of HIV-1 Infection 411
16 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Its Complications 423
17 The Mucocutaneous Problems Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 449
18 Treatment of Viral Infections in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient 469
19 Infectious Complications in Children with Cancer and Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 491
20 Infections Complicating Congenital Immunodeficiency Syndromes 521
21 Management of Infections in Leukemia and Lymphoma 551
22 Evaluation and Management of Patients with Collagen Vascular Disease 581
23 Infection Complicating Bone Marrow Transplantation 601
24 Infection in the Organ Transplant Recipient 629
25 Surgical Aspects of Infection in the Compromised Host 707
Index 731