UNUSUAL INFECTIONS AND NOVEL THERAPY IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST

In the recent past, enormous changes in the management of malignant di seases and the emergence of AIDS have resulted in the appearance of ex otic and unusual organisms as causative agents of infection in the imm unocompromised patient. in addition, causative organisms for a range o f diseases associated with this group of patients whose aetiology had not previously been established have been found. This review focuses o n some of the features of these infections, and summarizes the develop ments of new and unusual therapies for the management of infection in this group of patients.