title: Transplant infectious disease: implications for critical care nurses.
abstract: Infection is an important issue for critical care nurses as they care for patients throughout all phases of the transplant continuum: potential organ donors, transplant candidates, and transplant recipients. This article has reviewed salient issues relative to infections in each of these patient populations, including patients with VADs, and has highlighted key points pertaining to bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.
authors: Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA. sancupples@cs.com
authors: Sandra A
authors: SA
authors: Cupples
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000451:nursing*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology