[The treatment of febrile immunosuppressed patient].
Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. The recognition and treatment of infections in this patient population are particularly difficult task for several reasons: the clinical manifestation of infection may be indistinguishable from those of the underlying disease; the effect of immunosuppressive therapy may diminish the usual disease manifestation; the spectrum of potential pathogens is large, making empirical treatment difficult. Fever with or without a clinically obvious source is a frequent presenting feature of serious infections in immunosuppressive patients. Pneumonia is one of the most frequent life-threatening infections in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy.
Mrsić
Mirando
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Zavod za hematologiju, Klinika za unutarnje bolesti, Klinicki bolnicki centar Zagreb, Kispatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb.
D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000209:etiology*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents