Following solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, patients are at increased
risk for community-acquired infections, opportunistic and uncommon pathogens …

In light of the heightened risk for infection associated with solid organ and hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation, rapid and accurate microbiology diagnostics are essential to the …

The last decade has seen an explosion of advanced assays for the diagnosis of infectious
diseases, yet evidence-based recommendations to inform their optimal use in the care of …

Abstract Purpose of Review The infectious complications of transplantation can have
devastating consequences for patients. Early and accurate diagnosis is essential to good …

The advanced technologies described in this chapter should allow for full inventories to be
made of bacterial genes, their time-and place-dependent expression, and the resulting …

The field of Transplant Infectious Diseases has emerged over recent decades to meet the
challenges of caring for immunocompromised solid organ and stem cell transplant …

Advances in molecular diagnostics have the potential to improve patient care among solid
organ transplant (SOT) recipients by reducing time to pathogen identification and informing …

Infectious complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both solid organ and
hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. The risk of infection by common opportunistic …

Transplant patients are at risk of infections due to long-term immunosuppression
contributing to morbidity and mortality in this population. Post-transplant testing guidelines …

Over the last 70 years, a steady growth in population of patients with severe and mostly
iatrogenically induced immune suppression while undergoing myeloablative antineoplastic …