Antibiotic-Resistant Infections and Treatment Challenges in the Immunocompromised Host: An Update

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Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2020 Dec;34(4):821-847. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2020.08.005.

ABSTRACT

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.

PMID:33131573 | DOI:10.1016/j.idc.2020.08.005

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