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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 Defects in Host Defense Mechanisms 5
3 Mucocutaneous Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 49
4 Clinical Approach to the Compromised Host with Fever and Pulmonary Infiltrates 111
5 Central Nervous System Infection in the Immunocompromised Host 163
6 Fungal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 215
7 Mycobacterial and Nocardial Diseases in the Compromised Host 249
8 Pneumocystis carinii and Parasitic Infections in the Immunocompromised Host 265
9 Viral Hepatitis in the Compromised Host 335
10 The Herpesviruses 361
11 Morbidity in Compromised Patients Related to Viruses Other than Herpes Group and Hepatitis Viruses 405
12 Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations of HIV-1 Infection 421
13 Infectious Complications in Children with Cancer and Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 441
14 Infections Complicating Congenital Immunodeficiency Syndromes 465
15 Management of Infections in Leukemia and Lymphoma 497
16 Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 527
17 Infection in the Organ Transplant Recipient 573
18 Surgical Aspects of Infection in the Compromised Host 681
Color Plates 707
Index 709