Antibiotic-resistant infections and treatment challenges in the immunocompromised host: An update.
Creator
Dumford D 3rd;Skalweit MJ
Publisher
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Date
2020
2020-12
Description
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.
Subject
HIV/AIDS; Immunocompromise; Infection; MDRO; Neutropenic host; Organ transplant recipient